Monitor PostgreSQL transaction age even on quiet tables
Review transaction age as well as space when supervising PostgreSQL vacuum work.
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Account for publisher slots when retiring a PostgreSQL subscription
Keep publisher-slot cleanup owned and visible when a retired subscriber cannot reach its source.
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Set replica identity before publishing PostgreSQL updates and deletes
Check row-identification readiness before accepting a publication that must carry updates and deletes.
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Plan sequence state before a PostgreSQL logical-replication handover
Include sequence state and separately managed schema changes in a logical-replication handover.
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Fence the former PostgreSQL primary before accepting failover
Make authority transfer and protection against a returning former primary part of failover acceptance.
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Check PostgreSQL rewind prerequisites before modifying a former primary
Preserve a clear fallback and verify prerequisites before rewinding a former PostgreSQL primary.
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Review dependencies before a selective PostgreSQL archive restore
Review the archive selection and required objects before recovering a PostgreSQL table subset.
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Use PostgreSQL manifest verification before an actual restore rehearsal
Record manifest checks and database restore acceptance as two separate recovery gates.
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Treat pg_basebackup throttling and WAL streaming as separate budgets
Budget data-copy traffic and streamed WAL separately when throttling a PostgreSQL base backup.
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Alert on PostgreSQL WAL archiving backlog before space runs out
Connect archive-failure alerts with WAL capacity and an owned repair procedure.
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