Re: pg_basebackup failing

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Sameer Kumar <sameer(dot)kumar(at)ashnik(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Alan Nilsson <anilsson(at)apple(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup failing
Date: 2014-01-15 11:19:56
Message-ID: CABUevEzoihrGkFOYnMde5NxDhXfA+mnJd5jr-5mjKs7XLdRDhA@mail.gmail.com
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On Jan 15, 2014 12:07 PM, "Sameer Kumar" <sameer(dot)kumar(at)ashnik(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> The error you are seeing is triggered because this relation file
>> exceeds MAX_TAR_MEMBER_FILELEN or 8GB for a single tar member, which
>> is as well the norm for tar.
>
>
> I thought PostgreSQL would break the file if it grows beyond 1GB (1GB is
segment size which one can modify while compiling). Am I missing something
or have I got it totally wrong?
>

Yeah, how did you actually end up with a file that size? Do you have any
non standard compiler options set when you built your server?

/Magnus

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