Re: Postgresql-8.4: File System Level Backup (& recovery failure)

* Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> [201112, 12:30]:
> Ennio-Sr <nasr.laili@tin.it> writes:
> > As I am not sure to have stopped the postgres server *before* making the
>
> Use pg_controldata to print out the contents of the pg_control file as
> extracted from the backup.  If it doesn't say the cluster state is "shut
> down", then you've probably got an inconsistent filesystem backup.
>

Mmh... it does say 'shut down'; as to the other items to my
un-experienced eyes they look so similar to the result I get on a bare
'new' (empty) cluster just created in a different dir...
Does the 'shut down' verdict means there are other ways to attempt
before giving up the challenge?

Thank you so much for your help.
Best regards, ennio

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