Re: pg_basebackup Restore problem

Yes.

I am trying to restore the backups on a standby

On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 4:04 PM Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Wait a minute... *tar* is throwing the errors, not pg_basebackup, no?
>
> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 3:27 PM Johnathan Tiamoh <
> johnathantiamoh(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> 1. What's in $PATH_FOLDER?
>>
>> /tnt/backup/current
>>
>> 2. What pg_basebackup command did you use?
>>
>> pg_basebackup -D "$baseback_dir" --format=tar \
>> "${comp_opts[(at)]}" --wal-method=stream --no-password
>> --verbose "${PG_DUMP_OPTS[(at)]}"
>>
>> /bin/mv "$baseback_dir"/* "/enf/backup/current/"
>> /bin/rm -r "$baseback_dir"
>>
>>
>> 3. Why aren't you letting pg_basebackup maintain the WAL files it needs?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 11:46 AM Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 1. What's in $PATH_FOLDER?
>>> 2. What pg_basebackup command did you use?
>>> 3. Why aren't you letting pg_basebackup maintain the WAL files it needs?
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 11:27 AM Johnathan Tiamoh <
>>> johnathantiamoh(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You need to tell us the PG version number *and* show us the full
>>>> command you ran. ?
>>>>
>>>> Postgresql Version 14.10
>>>>
>>>> tar -h -zxvf $PATH_FOLDER/* .tar.gz
>>>>
>>>> ls $PATH_FOLDER/*.tar.gz | xargs -I {} tar -h -zxvf {}
>>>>
>>>> What user are you running pg_basebackup as?
>>>>
>>>> I ran it as postgres and now I'm restoring as postgres
>>>>
>>>> /tnt??? Or /mnt?
>>>> /tnt/backup/current
>>>>
>>>> This is where the backup files are.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 11:15 AM Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 11:11 AM Johnathan Tiamoh <
>>>>> johnathantiamoh(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to restore a pg_basebackup and have the following errors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> You need to tell us the PG version number *and* show us the full
>>>>> command you ran.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> nohup: ignoring input
>>>>>> tar: /tnt/backup/current/7400.tar.gz: Not found in archive
>>>>>>
>>>>> tar: /tnt/backup/current/7401.tar.gz: Not found in archive
>>>>>> tar: /tnt/backup/current/7402.tar.gz: Not found in archive
>>>>>> tar: /tnt/backup/current/base.tar.gz: Not found in archive
>>>>>> tar: /tnt/backup/current/pg_wal.tar.gz: Not found in archive
>>>>>> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
>>>>>> PG_14_202107181/
>>>>>> tar: PG_14_202107181: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What user are you running pg_basebackup as?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> PG_14_202107181/137502/
>>>>>> tar: PG_14_202107181: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied
>>>>>> tar: PG_14_202107181/137502: Cannot mkdir: No such file or directory
>>>>>> PG_14_202107181/137502/3222926016
>>>>>> tar: PG_14_202107181: Cannot mkdir: Permission denied
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The files exist in the specified directory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> /tnt??? Or /mnt?
>>>>>
>>>>>