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From Mitesh Shah
Subject pg_dump: aborting because of server version mismatch
Date
Msg-id CAHofYQQ6yvHGCiHPBqTAL5fU=3haWXdE7oX-3=q=pcGYPajFxg@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: pg_dump: aborting because of server version mismatch  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
Re: [SQL] pg_dump: aborting because of server version mismatch  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@gmail.com>)
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Hi,
I am trying to create a daily backup cron script but it fails with an error as below:

Any pointers to resolve this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Mitesh Shah

(1) Error:
bash-3.2$ sh pg_backup_rotated_orig.sh 
Making backup directory in /Users/miteshshah/Documents/2012-05-02-daily/
-e 

Performing full backups
-e --------------------------------------------

Plain backup of mitesh
pg_dump: server version: 9.1.2; pg_dump version: 9.0.5
pg_dump: aborting because of server version mismatch
-e 
All database backups complete!



(2.1)    /Users/miteshshah/Desktop/pg_backup.config file:
#############################
## POSTGRESQL BACKUP CONFIG ##
##############################
# hostname to adhere to pg_hba policies.
HOSTNAME= <host>

# username to connect to database as.
USERNAME=<user>

# Database name
DATABASE=<database>

# This dir will be created if it doesn't exist.  This must be writable by the user the script is
# running as.
BACKUP_DIR=<backup_dir>

# SCRIPTPATH
SCRIPTPATH=<path>

# Will produce a custom-format backup if set to "yes"
ENABLE_CUSTOM_BACKUPS=yes

# Will produce a gzipped plain-format backup if set to "yes"
ENABLE_PLAIN_BACKUPS=yes


#### SETTINGS FOR ROTATED BACKUPS ####

# Which day to take the weekly backup from (1-7 = Monday-Sunday)
DAY_OF_WEEK_TO_KEEP=5

# Number of days to keep daily backups
DAYS_TO_KEEP=7

# How many weeks to keep weekly backups
WEEKS_TO_KEEP=5

######################################


(2.2)  /Users/miteshshah/Desktop/pg_backup_rotated_orig.sh
#!/bin/bash

###########################
####### LOAD CONFIG #######
###########################

source /Users/miteshshah/Desktop/pg_backup.config


###########################
#### START THE BACKUPS ####
###########################

function perform_backups()
{
        SUFFIX=$1
        FINAL_BACKUP_DIR=$BACKUP_DIR"`date +\%Y-\%m-\%d`$SUFFIX/"

        echo "Making backup directory in $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"

        if ! mkdir -p $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR; then
                echo "Cannot create backup directory in $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR. Go and fix it!"
                exit 1;
        fi;


        ###########################
        ###### FULL BACKUPS #######
        ###########################

        echo -e "\n\nPerforming full backups"
        echo -e "--------------------------------------------\n"



                if [ $ENABLE_PLAIN_BACKUPS = "yes" ]
                then
                        echo "Plain backup of $DATABASE"

                        if ! pg_dump -Fp -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" | gzip > $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz.in_progress; then
                                echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce plain backup database $DATABASE"
                        else
                                mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".sql.gz
                        fi
                fi

                if [ $ENABLE_CUSTOM_BACKUPS = "yes" ]
                then
                        echo "Custom backup of $DATABASE"

                        if ! pg_dump -Fc -h "$HOSTNAME" -U "$USERNAME" "$DATABASE" -f $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom.in_progress; then
                                echo "[!!ERROR!!] Failed to produce custom backup database $DATABASE"
                        else
                                mv $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom.in_progress $FINAL_BACKUP_DIR"$DATABASE".custom
                        fi
                fi



        echo -e "\nAll database backups complete!"
}

# DAILY BACKUPS

# Delete daily backups 7 days old or more
find $BACKUP_DIR -maxdepth 1 -mtime +$DAYS_TO_KEEP -name "*-daily" -exec rm -rf '{}' ';'

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