| From: | "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> |
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| To: | "Jacob Shucart *EXTERN*" <jacob(at)zmanda(dot)com>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Error starting backup |
| Date: | 2009-12-23 07:46:55 |
| Message-ID: | D960CB61B694CF459DCFB4B0128514C2039380EE@exadv11.host.magwien.gv.at |
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> A customer of mine is running 8.3.8. We are attempting to
> take a backup, but whenever we issue pg_start_backup() it
> always says that we need to first run pg_stop_backup() - Even
> when I run the stop backup command right before trying to
> start the backup. I have restarted PostgreSQL altogether,
> but the results are the same. Am I missing something?
Does pg_stop_backup() return without error?
What if you call it twice in a row?
Is there a file "backup_label" in your cluster directory?
If yes, what are its ownership and permissions?
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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