On 1/25/19 8:02 AM, Ron wrote:
> On 1/24/19 11:22 PM, David Steele wrote:
>> On 1/24/19 5:07 PM, Ron wrote:
>>>
>>> Are these the steps, or am I missing something?
>>>
>>> $ pgbackrest stop
>>> $ pgbackrest stanza-delete --stanza=mystanza--force
>>
>> That looks right but no need for --force. That's what the `stop` is
>> for -- to let pgBackRest know you really mean to do this.
>>
>> See documentation for more information:
>> https://pgbackrest.org/user-guide.html#delete-stanza
>
> Turns out that --force was required. stanza-delete failed, complained
> that the postmaster was running, and told me to use "--force" if I
> really wanted to drop it.
Whoops -- I guess I should have read the docs, too. It's very unusual
to be deleting a stanza for a running cluster and we made it difficult
on purpose.
--
-David
david@pgmasters.net
