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From Birchall, Austen
Subject pg_stop_backup fails to complete
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Msg-id A2E53AF8AE1C284C8F8B648653C0920B1D6A5029@EXXMAIL02.desktop.frd.metoffice.com
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Responses Re: pg_stop_backup fails to complete  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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I trying to do a backup on my test database however I get

testrec=# select pg_stop_backup();
WARNING:  pg_stop_backup still waiting for archive to complete (60 seconds elapsed)
WARNING:  pg_stop_backup still waiting for archive to complete (120 seconds elapsed)

Etc.

If I do a ctrl-C I then get

testrec=# select pg_stop_backup();
ERROR:  a backup is not in progress
testrec=#

I tried doing a  select pg_switch_xlog(); before/during and after the backup but this didn't help

I've seen this error in the lists but I am still unsure what's going on.

Can anybody explain what's happening and how to 'fix' it?

Thanks

Austen

Austen Birchall  Senior Database Administrator
Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1392 884481 Fax: +44 (0)1392 885681
E-mail: austen.birchall@metoffice.gov.uk Website: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk

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