Re: pg_basebackup state?

On 7/2/15 12:39 PM, Ray Stell wrote:
> I need help determining the state of the pg_basebackup command. This
> works command works on other hosts and I make a connection as recorded
> in the postmaster log:
>
> 2015-07-02 12:10:53 EDT,0,authentication LOG:  replication connection
> authorized: user=rep
>
> the process is running:
> > ps -ef | grep pg_base
> pg     32600 11558  0 12:10 pts/1    00:00:00 pg_basebackup -D
> basebackup/ --xlog --format=t  -P -U rep
> pg     32601  1473  0 12:10 ?        00:00:00 postgres: wal sender
> process rep [local] sending backup "pg_basebackup base backup"
>
> but no data is written.  Looks like wal sender is hurt.
> max_wal_senders = 3, I wonder if this is the reason for the stall. How
> to eval if this is set to low?  Thanks.
v 9.4.4, I meant to include.