Add task to drop replication from secondary sites before proceeding with recovery

What does this MR do?

Adds task to remove all replication slots when recovering a demoted Primary as a new Secondary.

Secondary sites do not need replication slots. The recovery playbook also changes the setting max_replication_slots to 0, causing a conflict and preventing PostgreSQL from starting if there are leftover replication slots on the Secondary site.

Relates #1194

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Edited by Grant Young

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