Thread: configure multiple repository path in pgbackrest

Hello Experts,

Is it possible to configure multiple backup repositories in pgbackrest tool in one server?

I am getting few issues with that. 

default: /var/lib/pgbackrest
example: --repo1-path=/backup/db/backrest

example: --pg1-path=/data/db

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* Pavan Kumar (pavan.dba27@gmail.com) wrote:
> Is it possible to configure multiple backup repositories in pgbackrest tool
> in one server?

While we have considered adding support for that, it's not there today.
Instead, you can pretty easily just have multiple pgbackrest.conf files
and specify which you want used on the command-line.

Documentation is here:

https://pgbackrest.org/configuration.html#section-repository

Thanks,

Stephen

Hello Ron,

Thank you so much for quick response. 

here is my configuration.

[postgres@oralnx v2demo4448]$cat /etc/pgbackrest/pgbackrest.conf
[v1demo]
pg1-path=/oradbaudit/pg_data_dir
pg1-port=5400
[v2demo]
pg1-path=/oratrace/11_2_data
pg1-port=4448

# Backup repository configuration
[global]
repo1-path=/orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/visdemo5400
repo1-retention-full=2

repo2-path=/orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/v2demo4448
repo2-retention-full=2

[postgres@oralnx v2demo4448]$

[postgres@oralnx v2demo4448]$ pgbackrest --stanza=v2demo --log-path=/oratrace/pg_alert_log --repo-path=/orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/v2demo4448 --log-level-console=detail --log-level-file=detail stanza-create
WARN: configuration file contains invalid option 'repo2-path'   >>>>>>>>  *************
WARN: configuration file contains invalid option 'repo2-retention-full'  >>>>>> *********
2019-06-05 19:35:05.351 P00   INFO: stanza-create command begin 2.14: --log-level-console=detail --log-level-file=detail --log-path=/oratrace/pg_alert_log --pg1-path=/oratrace/11_2_data --pg1-port=4448 --repo1-path=/orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/v2demo4448 --stanza=v2demo  >>>>> ***** for some reason it took repo1- path 
2019-06-05 19:35:06.674 P00   INFO: stanza-create command end: completed successfully (1324ms)
[postgres@oralnx v2demo4448]$

It got errored out when I check stanza 

[postgres@oralnx v2demo4448]$pgbackrest --stanza=v2demo --log-level-console=info check
WARN: configuration file contains invalid option 'repo2-path'
WARN: configuration file contains invalid option 'repo2-retention-full'
2019-06-05 19:36:31.188 P00   INFO: check command begin 2.14: --log-level-console=info --pg1-path=/oratrace/11_2_data --pg1-port=4448 --repo1-path=/orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/visdemo5400 --stanza=v2demo  >>>> *** why it is not taking repo2-path 
ERROR [055]: : unable to open /orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/visdemo5400/backup/v2demo/backup.info or /orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/visdemo5400/backup/v2demo/backup.info.copy
ERROR [055]: : /orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/visdemo5400/backup/v2demo/backup.info does not exist and is required to perform a backup.
HINT: has a stanza-create been performed?
ERROR [055]: : /orabackup/WORM/PGBACKUP/visdemo5400/backup/v2demo/backup.info does not exist and is required to perform a backup.
HINT: has a stanza-create been performed?
2019-06-05 19:36:32.826 P00   INFO: check command end: aborted with exception [055]
[postgres@oralnx v2demo4448]$

here is my configuration

On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 10:09 AM Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> wrote:

On 6/5/19 9:48 AM, Pavan Kumar wrote:

Hello Experts,

Is it possible to configure multiple backup repositories in pgbackrest tool in one server?

I am getting few issues with that. 

https://pgbackrest.org/command.html#command-backup

3.4.9

Repository Path Option (--repo-path)

Path where backups and archive are stored.

The repository is where pgBackRest stores backups and archives WAL segments.

It may be difficult to estimate in advance how much space you'll need. The best thing to do is take some backups then record the size of different types of backups (full/incr/diff) and measure the amount of WAL generated per day. This will give you a general idea of how much space you'll need, though of course requirements will likely change over time as your database evolves.

default: /var/lib/pgbackrest
example: --repo1-path=/backup/db/backrest

Since there's a --repo1-path, then presumably there can also be a --repo2-path.

You'd presumably associate a database with repo2 by using --pg2-path

https://pgbackrest.org/command.html#command-archive-get

2.5

Stanza Options

2.5.1

PostgreSQL Path Option (--pg-path)

PostgreSQL data directory.

This should be the same as the data_directory setting in postgresql.conf. Even though this value can be read from postgresql.conf or PostgreSQL it is prudent to set it in case those resources are not available during a restore or offline backup scenario.

The pg-path option is tested against the value reported by PostgreSQL on every online backup so it should always be current.

example: --pg1-path=/data/db

Deprecated Name: db-path

Of course, this might not work, so you'll have to try it yourself.

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