Re: pg_backrest no longer backing up

Hi Aldo,

On 3/8/17 11:48 AM, Aldo Sarmiento wrote:

> Sometime in December in 2016 we ran out of space for our backup
> directory, which we increased promptly. However, it appears that
> backrest stopped taking backups since the incident.
>
> Versions of things:
>
> pg_backrest 0.75

This is an incredibly old, pre-1.0 version of pgBackRest. I suggest you
upgrade to a current version. 1.X will not be compatible with your
current repo so it will need to be a fresh install.

> *postgres(at)pgdedicated:/backup/backrest/log$ cat
> prod-9.4-backup-20170308.log*
> -------------------PROCESS START-------------------
> 2017-03-08 01:30:02.034 T00 INFO: backup start: type = diff
> 2017-03-08 01:30:02.835 T00 INFO: last backup label =
> 20161204-025729F, version = 0.75
> 2017-03-08 01:30:02.911 T00 INFO: executing pg_start_backup() with
> label "pg_backrest backup started 2017-03-08 01:30:02": backup will
> begin after the requested immediate checkpoint completes
> 2017-03-08 01:30:02.976 T00 ERROR: process terminated on signal or
> exception, 0 threads stopped

This could be any number of things and there's not enough information
given here to even begin to guess.

> Question: Not sure when the backrest cron was commented out, but how is
> it still attempting to do backups without this setup? I'm assuming it's
> being invoked some other way?

I'm guessing it's being invoked in some other way, perhaps the postgres
user's crontab?

> Also, any idea what the issue is with the error?

Again, there's not enough information given for me to form an opinion.

Regards,
--
-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net