Re: Postgresql Database cant start after restore using pgBackRest

In the postgresql.auto.conf i have this configs
restore_command = 'pgbackrest --pg1-path=/var/lib/postgres/main
--stanza=data archive-get %f "%p"'
recovery_target = 'immediate'
recovery_target_timeline = 'current'

But still I the database cant start

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On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 at 16:55, Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On 6/26/23 08:08, David Steele wrote:
> > On 6/25/23 18:53, Deo Felix wrote:
> >> I am doing backup with pgbackrest in the database server every day at
> >> night, I was testing to restore the backup in another server, the
> restore
> >> was successfully however the database cant start
> >>
> >> *pgbackrest --stanza=data --delta --log-level-console=detail restore*
> >
> > Usually this happens when you promote a standby while the primary is
> still
> > running. The promotion of the standby will create a new timeline (in
> this
> > case 2) and then push WAL to the archive on this new timeline.
> >
> > When you restore, PostgreSQL will try to recover to timeline 2 (by
> > default) even though timeline 2 can't be reached from timeline 1 backups
> > that were made after the promotion.
> >
> > So, you need to instruct PostgreSQL to stay on timeline 1 rather than
> try
> > to switch to timeline 2. You can do that by setting
> > --target-timeline=current, i.e. stay on the timeline that was current
> when
> > the backup was made.
>
> Did I not have this problem because I restored to a different pg-path?
>
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