Re: wal seams to be corrupted

On Thursday, July 18, 2024, Kashif Zeeshan <kashi(dot)zeeshan(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Domen
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM Domen Šetar <domen(dot)setar(at)izum(dot)si> wrote:
>
>> Hi admins,
>>
>>
>>
>> The number of wal files on my postgresql server is rising, because it
>> seams that one wal is corrupted. Postgrsql is running normaly. I see this
>> in postgresql log file:
>>
>>
>>
>> 2024-07-19 07:44:12 CEST [2205]: [32288-1] user=,db=,app=,client=
>> DETAIL: The failed archive command was: test ! -f
>> /var/lib/pgsql/ArchiveDir/000000010000044E0000009D && cp pg_wal/000000010000044E0000009D
>> /var/lib/pgsql/ArchiveDir/000000010000044E0000009D
>>
>>
>>
>> Usualy helped if I deleted wal in ArchiveDir directory. But not this
>> time. Wal is copied again from pg_wal to ArchiveDir directory and error
>> message continues.
>>
>> What can I do to solve this problem? Is pg_resetwal solution fort his
>> problem? If it is, how to use it?
>>
> Yes you should use the pg_resetwal
>

Please ignore this advice at this time. The combined inexperience here
culminating in using that command is likely to do more harm than good.
Figure out why the archiving is failing then make decisions. Maybe you’ll
get some admin help with that task for free here, otherwise consider hiring
someone with DBA experience to improve your setup.

David J.