Hi folks,
I am using the repo1-path as follows for the pgbackrest backup of more than 6 DB clusters in a single remote repo server as follows.
ON MY REPO SERVER
[global]
repo1-path=/data/DB_BACKUPS
repo1-block=y
repo1-bundle=y
repo1-retention-full=3
repo1-retention-diff=3
repo1-cipher-type=aes-256-cbc
repo1-cipher-pass=acbd
The issue here is The repo1-path = /data/DB_BACKUPS directory is the local file storage of this repo server (A Virtual Machine running RHEL 9.4, pgbackrest 2.25.1, PG16) which is almost 83 % full now.
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Note: /dev/mapper/rhel-data 15T 13T 2.6T 83% /data is almost getting full and it is not possible to extend the local storage partition further.
To overcome the storage space, my sys admin added an NFS mount point from an external storage as follows.
10.255.254.113:/Data 51T 384K 50T 1% /datanew this is with 50 TB space.
My Query is :
1. Can I use this NFS mount point /datanew as the repo1-path for pgbackrest to overcome the storage space shortage ?
2. What are the drawbacks in doing this approach ?
3. What command line tool to use either mv or tar command which is advisable and fast for copying all the existing /data/DB_BACKUPS archive and backup folders of the currently running backups of the six different production Database clusters to the new NFS mount point /datanew by minimal downtime (If the NFS mount point for repo1-path is possible/advisable ?)
4. Also setting permissions for the repo server user ( in my case it is pgbackrest itself) for the NFS mount point is straight forward or do I need to set permissions differently in the NFS server side and client VM side also ? ( sorry for ignorance).
PS: - Any hints and directions much appreciated to correct myself, If I am doing wrong/direction.
Thank you,
Krishane.
[root@dbbackup ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /dev
tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 6.3G 655M 5.7G 11% /run
/dev/mapper/rhel-root 100G 38G 63G 38% /
/dev/mapper/rhel-data 15T 13T 2.6T 83% /data // Getting full
/dev/sda2 960M 265M 696M 28% /boot
/dev/sda1 599M 7.1M 592M 2% /boot/efi
tmpfs 3.2G 36K 3.2G 1% /run/user/1001
tmpfs 3.2G 60K 3.2G 1% /run/user/0
10.255.254.113:/Data 51T 384K 50T 1% /datanew // New NFS mount point added 50T
tmpfs 3.2G 52K 3.2G 1% /run/user/42
[root@dbbackup ~]#
