repmgr service pause repmgrd pausing repmgr service pause repmgr service pause Instruct all &repmgrd; instances in the replication cluster to pause failover operations Description This command can be run on any active node in the replication cluster to instruct all running &repmgrd; instances to "pause" themselves, i.e. take no action (such as promoting themselves or following a new primary) if a failover event is detected. This functionality is useful for performing maintenance operations, such as switchovers or upgrades, which might otherwise trigger a failover if &repmgrd; is running normally. It's important to wait a few seconds after restarting PostgreSQL on any node before running repmgr service pause, as the &repmgrd; instance on the restarted node will take a second or two before it has updated its status. will instruct all previously paused &repmgrd; instances to resume normal failover operation. Prerequisites PostgreSQL must be accessible on all nodes (using the conninfo string shown by repmgr cluster show) from the node where repmgr service pause is executed. Execution repmgr service pause can be executed on any active node in the replication cluster. A valid repmgr.conf file is required. It will have no effect on previously paused nodes. Example $ repmgr -f /etc/repmgr.conf service pause NOTICE: node 1 (node1) paused NOTICE: node 2 (node2) paused NOTICE: node 3 (node3) paused Options Check if nodes are reachable but don't pause &repmgrd;. Exit codes One of the following exit codes will be emitted by repmgr service unpause: &repmgrd; could be paused on all nodes. &repmgrd; could not be paused on one or mode nodes. See also , , , ,