From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: pg_stop_backup does not complete |
Date: | 2010-02-25 01:57:03 |
Message-ID: | 20100225015703.GR2917@fetter.org |
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 08:52:28PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> > On 2/24/10 5:36 PM, Greg Smith wrote:
> >> gsmith=# select pg_stop_backup();
> >> NOTICE: pg_stop_backup cleanup done, waiting for required segments to
> >> archive
> >> WARNING: pg_stop_backup still waiting for all required segments to
> >> archive (60 seconds elapsed)
> >> HINT: Confirm your archive_command is executing successfully.
> >> pg_stop_backup can be aborted safely, but the resulting backup will not
> >> be usable.
> >> ^CCancel request sent
> >> ERROR: canceling statement due to user request
>
> > This looks really good, thanks!
>
> The one thing I'm undecided about is whether we want the immediate
> NOTICE, as opposed to dialing down the time till the first WARNING
> to something like 5 or 10 seconds. I think the main argument for
> the latter approach would be to avoid log-spam in normal operation.
> Although Greg is correct that a NOTICE wouldn't be logged at default
> log levels, lots of people don't use that default. Comments?
As I see it, the clarity concern trumps the log spam one.
Cheers,
David.
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