Thanks for the response.
> does the global directory exist on the drive you are syncing from? If
> so ...
> then it's a problem with your rsync.
>
> check the options you are using with the rsync command.
> check the rsync configurations in /etc/rsyncd.conf on the drive.
> what user are you running the rsync daemon, and rsync command as?
The global directory was not on the backup I was syncing from. The
option we use with rysnc is just -a. We also don't run the rsync daemon
(is this ok?) just the command.
I checked the other backups and they all have the global directory
except for this specific one. Looking further, I think something went
wrong on that backup because some directories not related to postgres,
not just global/, are empty. So now I'm thinking it might be hardware
(the portable external drive is about 3 years old), but I will have to
wait and see if the problem persists.
Sorry for making noise and thank you very much for your help.
Dianne
On Nov 10, 2005, at 6:17 PM, Andrew J. Kopciuch wrote:
>> My questions are (1) what am I doing wrong that the filesystem backups
>> would sometimes have an empty /home/postgres/data/global directory,
>> thereby not permitting me to restore from it, and (2) what is the
>> preferred way to restore from a file system backup.
>>
>
> does the global directory exist on the drive you are syncing from? If
> so ...
> then it's a problem with your rsync.
>
> check the options you are using with the rsync command.
> check the rsync configurations in /etc/rsyncd.conf on the drive.
> what user are you running the rsync daemon, and rsync command as?
>
> That should point you in the direction to solve your problem.
>
>
>
> Andy
>