Re: Unable to recovery due missing wal_file

On 07/03/2016 06:21 PM, Patrick B wrote:
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>
>     Not sure that would have mattered for the reasons below.
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>     You might want to take a look at the below:
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>     https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/wal.html
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>     In particular:
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>     https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/wal-intro.html
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>     Short version WAL files are essential to restoring and on the
>     originating server are recycled, subject to the configuration
>     parameters explained here:
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>     https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/wal-configuration.html
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>     So the wal archiving you have set up is not storing everything, it
>     removes older files over time?
>
>
> Yes... it removes... I've changed to store them for up to 72h.

You say it took 10 days to run the pg_basebackup, so I am not keeping
the last 72 hrs is going to help.

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> I'll restart the process now, by using stream instead fletch.

Remember:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/app-pgbasebackup.html

--xlog-method=method

"This will include all transaction logs generated during the backup."

Given that you WAL archiving for a period less then 72 hrs generated
over 500GB of files, do you have the space to store 10 days worth?

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> Let's see.... =\
>


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Adrian Klaver
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