timescaledb backup, pg_dump warnings

From: Victor Sudakov <vas(at)sibptus(dot)ru>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: timescaledb backup, pg_dump warnings
Date: 2021-05-04 03:48:51
Message-ID: YJDEI9ZRQfAfxdyK@admin.sibptus.ru
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Dear Colleagues,

Is anyone using the Timescaledb extension? I've read
https://docs.timescale.com/latest/using-timescaledb/backup, it says that
restoring data from a backup currently requires some additional
procedures. I'm fine with that.

However, the actual pg_dump produces multiple warnings, do they mean that the
timescaledb database is corrupt, or the dump will come out corrupt?
Below is a sample of the warnings (Postgres 12.6, Timescaledb 2.2.0):

$ pg_dump -Fc -U postgres -f zabbix.dump -d zabbix
pg_dump: warning: there are circular foreign-key constraints on this table:
pg_dump: hypertable
pg_dump: You might not be able to restore the dump without using --disable-triggers or temporarily dropping the constraints.
pg_dump: Consider using a full dump instead of a --data-only dump to avoid this problem.
pg_dump: warning: there are circular foreign-key constraints on this table:
pg_dump: chunk
pg_dump: You might not be able to restore the dump without using --disable-triggers or temporarily dropping the constraints.
pg_dump: Consider using a full dump instead of a --data-only dump to avoid this problem.
pg_dump: NOTICE: hypertable data are in the chunks, no data will be copied
DETAIL: Data for hypertables are stored in the chunks of a hypertable so COPY TO of a hypertable will not copy any data.
HINT: Use "COPY (SELECT * FROM <hypertable>) TO ..." to copy all data in hypertable, or copy each chunk individually.
pg_dump: NOTICE: hypertable data are in the chunks, no data will be copied
DETAIL: Data for hypertables are stored in the chunks of a hypertable so COPY TO of a hypertable will not copy any data.
HINT: Use "COPY (SELECT * FROM <hypertable>) TO ..." to copy all data in hypertable, or copy each chunk individually.
pg_dump: NOTICE: hypertable data are in the chunks, no data will be copied
DETAIL: Data for hypertables are stored in the chunks of a hypertable so COPY TO of a hypertable will not copy any data.
HINT: Use "COPY (SELECT * FROM <hypertable>) TO ..." to copy all data in hypertable, or copy each chunk individually.
pg_dump: NOTICE: hypertable data are in the chunks, no data will be copied
DETAIL: Data for hypertables are stored in the chunks of a hypertable so COPY TO of a hypertable will not copy any data.
HINT: Use "COPY (SELECT * FROM <hypertable>) TO ..." to copy all data in hypertable, or copy each chunk individually.
pg_dump: NOTICE: hypertable data are in the chunks, no data will be copied
DETAIL: Data for hypertables are stored in the chunks of a hypertable so COPY TO of a hypertable will not copy any data.
HINT: Use "COPY (SELECT * FROM <hypertable>) TO ..." to copy all data in hypertable, or copy each chunk individually.
pg_dump: NOTICE: hypertable data are in the chunks, no data will be copied
DETAIL: Data for hypertables are stored in the chunks of a hypertable so COPY TO of a hypertable will not copy any data.
HINT: Use "COPY (SELECT * FROM <hypertable>) TO ..." to copy all data in hypertable, or copy each chunk individually.
pg_dump: NOTICE: hypertable data are in the chunks, no data will be copied
DETAIL: Data for hypertables are stored in the chunks of a hypertable so COPY TO of a hypertable will not copy any data.
HINT: Use "COPY (SELECT * FROM <hypertable>) TO ..." to copy all data in hypertable, or copy each chunk individually.

--
Victor Sudakov VAS4-RIPE
http://vas.tomsk.ru/
2:5005/49(at)fidonet

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