This article was originally published on December 05, 2023
WHAT’S NEW
This update is to announce a release of Failover Manager 4.8.
Failover Manager is a tool for managing Postgres database clusters, enabling high availability of primary-standby deployment architectures using Postgres physical streaming replication.
Highlights of this release:
- The minimum Java version required to run Failover Manager is now version 11 instead of 8.
- New CLI command 'efm reset-members added' has been added to remove cached node addresses after a node is removed from a cluster. [Support ticket: #1047118]
- Encryption/decryption of database password will now work in a FIPS environment. [Support ticket: #90803, #90805]
- Failover Manager has been upgraded to use PostgreSQL JDBC Driver version 42.6.0.
- Failover Manager agents can be started before the local database has been initialized.
See the Release Notes for the full list of changes in this version for Failover Manager.
TELL ME MORE
For more information about Failover Manager, please see Failover Manager Documentation.
IS THIS FOR ME?
This announcement is for EDB customers who are using or are interested in EDB Failover Manager and have a subscription plan purchased for:
- Standard
- Enterprise
HOW TO GET THE SOFTWARE
Failover Manager is available from the EDB website https://www.enterprisedb.com/software-downloads-postgres#failover-manager
TROUBLESHOOTING
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