This article was originally published on April 19, 2021
WHAT’S NEW
This update is notifying you of a new EDB software release of Failover Manager 4.2.
EDB Failover Manager (EFM) provides high availability by monitoring the members of a PostgreSQL physical streaming replication cluster, and identifying and verifying database failures quickly. Upon failure, alerts are raised and availability is restored by automatically promoting a standby node.
Highlights of this release include:
Enhancements
- A new Eager Failover setup was added to move primary resources from an unmonitored and unhealthy node to a fully operational and healthy node. With this setup, a failover is exercised when the primary EFM agent is stopped. Without Eager Failover, the primary Postgres instance would be left available, but unmanaged.
- The EDB Postgres High Availability & Horizontal Read Scaling Architecture is certified with PgPool-II 4.2, and is supported with non-sudo mode.
- Promotion priority for standbys can now be defined per primary. (#1092697)
- The stop-cluster command can now be disabled in EFM configuration.
Fixes
- Standbys configured with archiving are now properly reconfigured to follow the new primary. (#1127627, #1182654)
- A new option can disable the LoadBalancer detach script, when the primary EFM agent fails, but Postgres is still running. (#1096007)
Numbers in parentheses refer to the case number assigned to a customer's issue.
End-of-Support Reminder:
We recommend you update to the most current software version. If you have not yet updated to the most current version, please note the end of standard support dates below:
- EFM 3.6: End of Standard Support: April 3rd 2021
- EFM 3.7: End of Standard Support: July 9th 2021
Additional details can be found on our website at https://www.enterprisedb.com/services-support/edb-supported-products-and-platforms
TELL ME MORE
For more details, please review the EFM documentation:
https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/efm/latest/
IS THIS FOR ME?
This announcement is for EDB customers who have a Standard, Enterprise, or Enterprise+ subscription and are either currently using or are interested in deploying Failover Manager.
HOW TO GET THE SOFTWARE
Failover Manager 4.2 is packaged and delivered as a series of interactive installers available via StackBuilder Plus and on the EDB website. Visit:
https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/edb-postgres-failover-manager
This update is also available as native packages in the form of RPMs and DEBs, please visit:
https://repos.enterprisedb.com/.
To request the credentials required to access EDB repositories, please visit https://www.enterprisedb.com/repository-access-request
TROUBLESHOOTING
If you experience any problems around the installation, migration, upgrade or general use of your EDB software please contact our Technical Support teams. We can be reached at https://support.enterprisedb.com, and we’re also available 24 x 7 via email or phone at the details below:
Email: support@enterprisedb.com
Phone: US: +1-732-331-1320 or 1-800-235-5891
UK: +44-2033719820
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India: +91-20-66449612