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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Vitaly Burshteyn <vburshteyn@broadway.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pg_stop_backup()
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:18:25 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <201003171518.o2HFIPk02221@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0F69574F9901D4459C6B75C9FF64FBC40483C59D@mxfl01.hollywoodmedia.corp>

Vitaly Burshteyn wrote:
> Out of curiosity,  any idea why every time I run select
> pg_stop_backup();  it goes into an infinite loop?  While the
> first part of this select pg_start_backup(?label?) works without
> any issues??

pg_start_backup() is waiting for the archives to be stored.  I would
look in the server logs to see if something if failing there.  9.0 will
have better feedback when pg_stop_backup hangs like that.

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  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        http://momjian.us
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