Re: Backup error - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Albe Laurenz
Subject Re: Backup error
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Msg-id A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B17D5581B@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at
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In response to Re: Backup error  (Celso Vieira <sabd.secinfo@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Backup error  (Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com>)
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Celso Vieira wrote:
> Does the backup generated with scp contain a file "backup_label"? It should.
>  - No, because when I copy the data has already been generated pg_stop_backup erasing the
> backup_label , but already tried unsuccessfully to do the reverse .

There's the problem.

Without a backup_label file, the backup will be corrupt.

You have to wait until scp is finished before running pg_stop_backup.

What you see is entirely consistent with that.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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