Re: How Can I check PostgreSQL backup is successfully or not ?

Even though it's not listed in any of the documentation or “pg_dump --help” you can check the return code of the process. A return code greater than 0 (zero) usually indicates a failure

./bin >pg_dump -U dummy_user dummy_database; echo $?
1

From: pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Rick Otten
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 3:36 AM
To: Dinesh Chandra 12108
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] How Can I check PostgreSQL backup is successfully or not ?

Although it doesn't really tell if the pg_dump was successful (you'll need to do a full restore to be sure), I generate an archive list. If that fails, the backup clearly wasn't successful, and if it succeeds, odds are pretty good that it worked:

-- bash code snippet --
archiveList=`pg_restore -l ${backupFolder}`
if [[ ! ${archiveList} =~ "Archive created at" ]]
then
echo "PostgreSQL backup - Archive List Test Failed for ${hostName}:${dbName}"
echo "Archive listing:"
echo ${archiveList}
exit 1
fi
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 4:35 AM, Dinesh Chandra 12108 <Dinesh(dot)Chandra(at)cyient(dot)com<mailto:Dinesh(dot)Chandra(at)cyient(dot)com>> wrote:
Hi,

We are taking daily full backup of PostgreSQL database using PG_DUMP which is automatic scheduled through Cronjobs.

How can I check my yesterday backup is successfully or not?
Is there any query or view by which I can check it?

Regards,
Dinesh Chandra
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