configured to support automatic recovery when connectivity is lost (see
``max-reconnect-tries`` and ``reconnect-wait-time``).
-It is important to understand how and when automatic recovery comes into play. Automatic recovery, when configured, only operates after a successful start up
+It is important to understand how and when automatic recovery comes into play.
+Automatic recovery, when configured, only operates after a successful start up
or reconfiguration during which connectivity to all back ends has been
successfully established.
During server start up the inability to connect to any of the configured back
-ends is always considered fatal. A fatal error will be logged and server will
-exit. This is done based on the idea that configuration should be valid at
-start up. Exiting to the system allows nanny scripts to detect the problem.
+ends is always considered fatal. A fatal error will be logged and the server
+will exit. This is done based on the idea that configuration should be valid
+at start up. Exiting to the operating system allows nanny scripts to detect
+the problem.
During dynamic reconfiguration, all back ends are disconnected and then
reconnected using the new configuration. If connectivity to any of the