| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Nathan Mueller <nmueller(at)cs(dot)wisc(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Starting without WAL files |
| Date: | 2002-06-08 02:24:08 |
| Message-ID: | 200206080224.g582O8i20594@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Nathan Mueller wrote:
> I had a hardware error on my server and lost the WAL files. I can
> restore my data, but because of the size of the database that'll take at
> least 12 hours. Is there any way to start the server without the
> transaction logs?
However, once you use /contrib/pg_resetxlog, you will need to dump your
data, initdb and reload, so a restore from a backup may be more reliable.
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