Re: [pgbackrest] Expiring the last backup?

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [pgbackrest] Expiring the last backup?
Date: 2019-01-25 06:02:34
Message-ID: b230d591-0510-54c0-7710-9e36b3f284ef@gmail.com
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On 1/24/19 11:22 PM, David Steele wrote:
> On 1/24/19 5:07 PM, Ron wrote:
>>
>> Are these the steps, or am I missing something?
>>
>> $ pgbackrest stop
>> $ pgbackrest stanza-delete --stanza=mystanza--force
>
> That looks right but no need for --force.  That's what the `stop` is for
> -- to let pgBackRest know you really mean to do this.
>
> See documentation for more information:
> https://pgbackrest.org/user-guide.html#delete-stanza

Turns out that --force was required.  stanza-delete failed, complained that
the postmaster was running, and told me to use "--force" if I really wanted
to drop it.

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