| From: | Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> |
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| To: | Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Albe Laurenz <all(at)adv(dot)magwien(dot)gv(dot)at>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: PITR and tar |
| Date: | 2007-05-08 17:28:50 |
| Message-ID: | 1178645330.24902.22.camel@dogma.v10.wvs |
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On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 13:24 -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On 5/8/07, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 08:47 +0200, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> > > > The docs recommend using tar to perform a base backup for PITR.
> > > >
> > > > Usually, tar reports notices like:
> > > > "tar: Truncated write; file may have grown while being archived."
> > >
> > > Did you call pg_start_backup(text) before you started to archive?
> > >
> >
> > I was referring to the result of the tar itself being a corrupted gzip
> > file (that couldn't be uncompressed with gunzip).
> >
> > I did indeed call pg_start/stop_backup().
>
> is fsync on?
>
Yes. I have a battery-backed cache as well, and there were no power
failures involved.
Regards,
Jeff Davis
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