From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>
To: Lonni J Friedman <netllama@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: corrupted indexes when using base backups generated from hot standby
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:32:54 +0200
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On 26.01.2013 01:28, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <hlinnakangas@vmware.com> wrote:
>> That process sounds correct. Since you're using pg_basebackup -x option, you
>> don't even need to copy the WAL logs, although it shouldn't do any harm
>> either . The tar file should contain everything needed to restore the
>> backup.
>>
>> Can you provide more information? The log output would be nice. How large is
>> the database? What kind of activity is there in the master while the backup
>> is taken?
>
> Sorry for the delayed reply, I was out of the office.
>
> The database is about 530GB uncompressed. The master is quite busy
> all the time, with inserts, updates& deletes.
>
> I've attached all the recent errors. I could send you the entire log
> if you'd prefer, its about 800KB compressed.
Thanks. I'm afraid I didn't get any wiser from the log output. Since
this is a test system, could you reduce the test case into something
smaller and self-contained?
- Heikki
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