From: | Ivan Kurnosov <zerkms(at)zerkms(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | How to deal with dangling files after aborted `pg_restore`? |
Date: | 2024-12-17 06:10:09 |
Message-ID: | CABbRoj6EmGOzvk3O2r5RwT_Yn=B53D=ZXP3pNf-3c8DpB10W1Q@mail.gmail.com |
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The scenario:
1. There is a postgresql 17 server running
2. Restore dump with `--single-transaction` flag
3. For whatever reason the server goes away (eg: we kill the process)
4. Now `base` directory is filled with abandoned table files which
postgresql know nothing about
Playground:
Terminal 1:
Start server: `docker run --rm -it -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust -v
$PWD/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data postgres:17.2`
Terminal 2:
1. Start container with recent pg_restore: `docker run --rm -it -v
$PWD:/app -w /app postgres:17.2 bash`
2. Start dump recovery: `pg_restore -h 172.17.0.2 -U postgres -d postgres
--single-transaction -v -Fc --no-owner dump.sql`
Terminal 3:
1. Find what container is the server: `docker ps`
2. Kill it: `docker kill d7ecf6e66c1d`
Terminal 1:
Start the server again, with the same command
Terminal 3:
Check there are abandoned large files:
```
# ls -la /home/ivan/postgres/base/5
<truncated>
-rw------- 1 systemd-coredump systemd-coredump 342884352 Dec 17 18:58 16399
-rw------- 1 systemd-coredump systemd-coredump 11149312 Dec 17 18:58 16404
-rw------- 1 systemd-coredump systemd-coredump 188416 Dec 17 18:58
16403_fsm
-rw------- 1 systemd-coredump systemd-coredump 686145536 Dec 17 18:58 16403
```
Terminal 2:
1. Confirm those OIDs are not accounted:
```
psql -h 172.17.0.2 -U postgres -c 'select * from pg_class'|grep 16404
psql -h 172.17.0.2 -U postgres -c 'select * from pg_class'|grep 16403
psql -h 172.17.0.2 -U postgres -c 'select * from pg_class'|grep 16399
```
Hence a question: am I doing something wrong? Is it expected behaviour? If
so - how would one recover from this scenario now WITHOUT dropping entire
database?
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With best regards, Ivan Kurnosov
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