Re: pg_basebackup Restore problem

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?
>>>>
>>>>