Re: Problem with backup...

Dnia czwartek, 7 kwietnia 2005 10:49, Marcin Giedz napisał:
> Hello...
>
>
> Here is procedure of making everyday online backup:
> 1) select pg_start_backup('xxx');
> 2) tar -cf backup-xxx.tar /mnt/db/pg1
> 3) select pg_stop_backup();
> rm all archived WAL files before special one taken from backup_log
> 4) tar -cf var-xx.tar /mnt/db/var
>
> Next I'd like to use this copy on my test machine. So I copy backup-xxx.tar
> and var-xxx.tar and untar these files. Directories structure on test are
> the same like on production machine. But when I try to run pg_ctl only
> empty log file is created but postmaster doesn't run.
> Can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?
OK .... I will answer myself ;) I've turned on postmaster with debug mode and
found that pg data directory was world writable/readable - so "chmod -R
700 /mnt/db/pg1" and postmaster have run OK ;)

Thx,
Marcin

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> Thx,
> Marcin
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