Re: On-line backup - /bin/tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Hi Marco/all,

Thanks for the response.  I've been running the same online-backup commands
for over a year and restores have always worked fine.  I've never seen 'file
changed as we read it' though,  before yesterday.  The database is new to
the server, as of a week.  So, I'm more inclined to think it's somehting
going on with the database instead of  the command to do the backup.  BTW, I
received the same message this morning.  So, 2 days in a row (no pun
intended) on the same database and the same second number following the
databe number.
/bin/tar: /sqldata/Linux.pgsql/base/19473856/19524666: file changed as we
read it

psql -d DBN -c "SELECT pg_start_backup('somehting.backup');"
tar -zcvf /something.tar.gz /PGDATA/dir/*
psql -d DBN -c "SELECT pg_stop_backup();"

Thanks,
~DjK






>From: "Marco Bizzarri" <marco.bizzarri@gmail.com>
>To: "Mr. Dan" <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [ADMIN] On-line backup - /bin/tar: Error exit delayed from
>previous errors
>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:02:25 +0200
>
>I think you should post the command you're using, as well as the
>condition in which you're doing the tar: is the postgresql running or
>not?
>
>IMHO, I would be *VERY* concerned about such a message.
>
>Regards
>Marco
>
>On 8/2/06, Mr. Dan <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>/bin/tar: /sqldata/Linux.pgsql/base/19473856/19524666: file changed as we
>>read it
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm seeing that a file changed during the /bin/tar process.  Is that
>>anything to be concerned about?
>>This is the first time this happened in a month.  Does that mean I'm still
>>backed up in regards to that database?  I'm using v810 here.
>>
>>The tar file exists, so the tar file was created.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>~DjK
>>
>>
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