On Thu, 2023-12-21 at 18:53 -0500, Johnathan Tiamoh wrote: > Please I wish to find out what you do after running pg_walreset.
You mean pg_resetwal.
> I made a mistake and deleted my data directory with all its content. > I then restore with 1 day old backups, after that i could start > unless i did pg_walreset.
Which means that the backup was broken.
> 1, I wish to find out what to do after i have started postgresql ?
pg_dumpall the cluster and restore the result to a new cluster to get rod of the data corruption introduced by pg_resetwal.
> 2, How do I apply the wall files after the reset ?
You cannot do that.
> 3, How can I determine the amount of data lost ?