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From: Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
To: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup: error: could not create directory
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 09:00:17 -0400
Message-ID: <CANzqJaALNsvzraoMRKRaXoR6EvYomE_CTyY+FdAh9iT3-KgQfg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 3:41 AM Samir Mamun <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> Need help with replication setup, pg_basebackup failing with:
>
>
>
> pg_basebackup -P -R -X stream -c fast -h <node_name> -U <user_name> -p
> <port#> -D  <dat_location> -v
>
> Password:
>
> pg_basebackup: initiating base backup, waiting for checkpoint to complete
>
> pg_basebackup: checkpoint completed
>
> pg_basebackup: write-ahead log start point: 6/67000028 on timeline 2
>
> pg_basebackup: starting background WAL receiver
>
> pg_basebackup: created temporary replication slot "pg_basebackup_3720137"
>
> pg_basebackup: error: could not create directory "……": File exists
>

It's explicitly telling you the problem: a file already exists in the
replicated $PGDATA.


> pg_basebackup: removing contents of data directory "…………"
>
> pg_basebackup: changes to tablespace directories will not be undone
>


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