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What Should I Do If Error "number of requested standby connections exceeds max_wal_senders" Is Reported During Incremental Synchronization from GaussDB?

Symptom

Error "number of requested standby connections exceeds max_wal_senders" is reported during incremental synchronization from GaussDB.

Possible Causes

The maximum number of threads for the incremental replication connections has been reached.

Solution

On the GaussDB parameter management page, increase the value of max_wal_senders by the number of real-time jobs with GaussDB as the source. The change takes effect only after the database is restarted.

Figure 1 Setting the parameter