Thanks Bruce.
Do you have any idea what happens with pg_dump when it hits 2GB??? Is it set
up to segment the files on linux? If not, I may have hit a brick wall here,
and have no way to back this baby up.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: perdue@raccoon.com <perdue@raccoon.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@hub.org <pgsql-sql@hub.org>
Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [SQL] Re: [HACKERS] URGENT -
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>> I still cannot get pg_dump to work since I fixed the system yesterday.
This
>> is a real mess and I need to make sure I have a current backup.
>>
>> -I upgraded from 6.4 -> 6.4.2 and applied the 2GB patch
>> -I did "initdb" from the postgres user account
>> -I cannot get pg_dump to work:
>>
>>
>> -------
>> [tim@db /]$ pg_dump db_domain > /fireball/pg_dumps/db_domain.dump
>> pg_dump error in finding the template1 database
>> -------
>>
>>
>> At this point, the postmaster dies and restarts.
>>
>> I think I'm getting to where I need some real help getting this thing to
>> dump again.
>>
>> The database is up and running just fine - I just cannot dump.
>>
>> Any tips or advice is GREATLY needed and appreciated at this point. All I
>> need is it to take a dump ;-)
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> tim@perdue.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
>> To: tim@perdue.net <tim@perdue.net>
>> Date: Monday, March 15, 1999 11:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [SQL] Re: [HACKERS] URGENT -
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >From 6.4 -> 6.4.2
>> >>
>> >> The production database is working well, but pg_dump doesn't work. Now
>> >> I'm worried that my database will corrupt again and I won't have it
>> >> backed up.
>> >
>> >6.4 to 6.4.2 should work just fine, and the patch should not change
>> >that. Are you saying the application of the patch caused the system to
>> >be un-dumpable? Or perhaps was it the stopping of the postmaster. I
>> >can work with you to get it dump-able if needed?
>> >
>> >--
>> > Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle
>> > maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000
>> > + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue
>> > + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
19026
>> >
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> Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle
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> + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026