Re: Basebackup fails without useful error message

> What is the complete command you are using?

The full command is:

pg_basebackup -h localhost -p 5432 -U basebackup_user -D
/mnt/base_backup/dir -Ft -z -P

So output Format as tar, gzipped, and with progress being printed.

> Have you looked at the Postgres log?

> Is --verbose being used?

This is straight from the logs, it's the only output besides the % progress
counter.

Will have a look at --verbose.

Regards,
Koen De Groote

On Sun, Sep 29, 2024 at 5:01 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 9/29/24 07:48, Koen De Groote wrote:
> > Having run a basebackup, I'm getting this output at the very end:
> >
> > pg_basebackup: child process exited with error 1
> > pg_basebackup: removing contents of data directory
> "/mnt/base_backup/dir/"
>
> What is the complete command you are using?
>
> >
> > Is there a way to get more information as to what exactly happened?
>
> Have you looked at the Postgres log?
>
> Is --verbose being used?
>
> >
> > I'd like to look into fixing this or doing whatever is required so that
> > it doesn't happen again, but this just isn't enough info. Where do I
> > start looking?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Koen De Groote
>
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> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>
>