Recovering a Failed Master

1. Run the gpactivatestandby utility from the standby master host you are activating. For example:

   After you activate the standby, it becomes the active or primary master for your Greenplum Database array.

2. Optional: If you did not specify a new standby host when running the utility, use gpinitstandby to configure a new standby master at a later time. Run gpinitstandby on your active master host. For example:

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