Re: Basebackup fails without useful error message

On 9/29/24 07:48, Koen De Groote wrote:
> Having run a basebackup, I'm getting this output at the very end:
> 
> pg_basebackup: child process exited with error 1
> pg_basebackup: removing contents of data directory "/mnt/base_backup/dir/"

What is the complete command you are using?

> 
> Is there a way to get more information as to what exactly happened?

Have you looked at the Postgres log?

Is --verbose being used?

> 
> I'd like to look into fixing this or doing whatever is required so that 
> it doesn't happen again, but this just isn't enough info. Where do I 
> start looking?
> 
> Regards,
> Koen De Groote

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