here the log outputs.... When I ran
$sudo -u enterprisedb pgbackrest --stanza=Demo_Repo --delta --set=20240719-122703F_20240724-094727I --target-timeline=current --type=time "--target=2024-07-24 09:44:01.3255+05:30" --target-action=promote restore The Edb server log out put shows ........................................................................... ................................................................ 2024-07-23 15:34:12 IST ERROR: syntax error at or near "selecct" at character 1 2024-07-23 15:34:12 IST STATEMENT: selecct current_timestamp 2024-07-23 15:34:26 IST FATAL: database "enterprisedb" does not exist 2024-07-24 09:38:20 IST FATAL: database "enterprisedb" does not exist 2024-07-24 09:42:17 IST FATAL: database "test1" does not exist 2024-07-24 09:43:56 IST FATAL: database "enterprisedb" does not exist 2024-07-24 09:45:07 IST FATAL: database "enterprisedb" does not exist 2024-07-24 09:45:16 IST ERROR: relation "important_table" does not exist at character 58 2024-07-24 09:45:16 IST STATEMENT: begin; drop table important_table; commit; select * from important_table; 2024-07-24 09:46:00 IST LOG: checkpoint starting: time 2024-07-24 09:46:02 IST LOG: checkpoint complete: wrote 16 buffers (0.1%); 0 WAL file(s) added, 0 removed, 0 recycled; write=1.506 s, sync=0.001 s, total=1.509 s; sync files=9, longest=0.001 s, average=0.001 s; distance=93 kB, estimate=171 kB; lsn=0/3C045768, redo lsn=0/3C045730 2024-07-24 09:47:27 IST LOG: checkpoint starting: immediate force wait 2024-07-24 09:47:27 IST LOG: checkpoint complete: wrote 2 buffers (0.0%); 0 WAL file(s) added, 0 removed, 1 recycled; write=0.001 s, sync=0.001 s, total=0.003 s; sync files=1, longest=0.001 s, average=0.001 s; distance=16106 kB, estimate=16106 kB; lsn=0/3D000060, redo lsn=0/3D000028 2024-07-24 09:47:27.788 P00 INFO: archive-push command begin 2.52.1: [pg_wal/00000009000000000000003C] --exec-id=34036-c1d6de0b --log-level-console=info --log-level-file=debug --pg1-path=/var/lib/edb/as16/data --pg-version-force=16 --repo1-host=10.10.20.7 --repo1-host-user=postgres --stanza=Demo_Repo 2024-07-24 09:47:28.130 P00 INFO: pushed WAL file '00000009000000000000003C' to the archive 2024-07-24 09:47:28.230 P00 INFO: archive-push command end: completed successfully (444ms) When I ran $ sudo systemctl start edb-as-16.service 4-07-26 11:32:56 IST LOG: starting PostgreSQL 16.3 (EnterpriseDB Advanced Server 16.3.0) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 11.4.1 20231218 (Red Hat 11.4.1-3), 64-bit 2024-07-26 11:32:56 IST LOG: listening on IPv4 address "0.0.0.0", port 5444 2024-07-26 11:32:56 IST LOG: listening on IPv6 address "::", port 5444 2024-07-26 11:32:56 IST LOG: listening on Unix socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5444" 2024-07-26 11:32:56 IST LOG: database system was interrupted; last known up at 2024-07-24 09:47:27 IST 2024-07-26 11:32:56 IST LOG: starting point-in-time recovery to 2024-07-24 09:44:01.3255+05:30 2024-07-26 11:32:56 IST LOG: starting backup recovery with redo LSN 0/3D000028, checkpoint LSN 0/3D000060, on timeline ID 9 2024-07-26 11:32:56.475 P00 INFO: archive-get command begin 2.52.1: [00000009.history, pg_wal/RECOVERYHISTORY] --exec-id=43293-1d583a8e --log-level-console=info --log-level-file=debug --pg1-path=/var/lib/edb/as16/data --pg-version-force=16 --repo1-host=10.10.20.7 --repo1-host-user=postgres --stanza=Demo_Repo 2024-07-26 11:32:56.709 P00 INFO: found 00000009.history in the repo1: 16-1 archive 2024-07-26 11:32:56.809 P00 INFO: archive-get command end: completed successfully (335ms) 2024-07-26 11:32:56 IST LOG: restored log file "00000009.history" from archive 2024-07-26 11:32:56.816 P00 INFO: archive-get command begin 2.52.1: [00000009000000000000003D, pg_wal/RECOVERYXLOG] --exec-id=43295-55c5d6f7 --log-level-console=info --log-level-file=debug --pg1-path=/var/lib/edb/as16/data --pg-version-force=16 --repo1-host=10.10.20.7 --repo1-host-user=postgres --stanza=Demo_Repo 2024-07-26 11:32:56.999 P00 INFO: found 00000009000000000000003D in the repo1: 16-1 archive 2024-07-26 11:32:57.099 P00 INFO: archive-get command end: completed successfully (285ms) 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST LOG: restored log file "00000009000000000000003D" from archive 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST LOG: redo starts at 0/3D000028 2024-07-26 11:32:57.114 P00 INFO: archive-get command begin 2.52.1: [00000009000000000000003E, pg_wal/RECOVERYXLOG] --exec-id=43297-34867c05 --log-level-console=info --log-level-file=debug --pg1-path=/var/lib/edb/as16/data --pg-version-force=16 --repo1-host=10.10.20.7 --repo1-host-user=postgres --stanza=Demo_Repo 2024-07-26 11:32:57.282 P00 INFO: found 00000009000000000000003E in the repo1: 16-1 archive 2024-07-26 11:32:57.382 P00 INFO: archive-get command end: completed successfully (270ms) 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST LOG: restored log file "00000009000000000000003E" from archive 2024-07-26 11:32:57.400 P00 INFO: archive-get command begin 2.52.1: [00000009000000000000003F, pg_wal/RECOVERYXLOG] --exec-id=43299-e2db2e1b --log-level-console=info --log-level-file=debug --pg1-path=/var/lib/edb/as16/data --pg-version-force=16 --repo1-host=10.10.20.7 --repo1-host-user=postgres --stanza=Demo_Repo 2024-07-26 11:32:57.521 P00 INFO: unable to find 00000009000000000000003F in the archive 2024-07-26 11:32:57.621 P00 INFO: archive-get command end: completed successfully (222ms) 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST LOG: completed backup recovery with redo LSN 0/3D000028 and end LSN 0/3D000100 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST LOG: consistent recovery state reached at 0/3D000100 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST LOG: database system is ready to accept read-only connections 2024-07-26 11:32:57.632 P00 INFO: archive-get command begin 2.52.1: [00000009000000000000003F, pg_wal/RECOVERYXLOG] --exec-id=43301-f613dae9 --log-level-console=info --log-level-file=debug --pg1-path=/var/lib/edb/as16/data --pg-version-force=16 --repo1-host=10.10.20.7 --repo1-host-user=postgres --stanza=Demo_Repo 2024-07-26 11:32:57.761 P00 INFO: unable to find 00000009000000000000003F in the archive 2024-07-26 11:32:57.861 P00 INFO: archive-get command end: completed successfully (231ms) 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST LOG: redo done at 0/3E000060 system usage: CPU: user: 0.00 s, system: 0.00 s, elapsed: 0.75 s 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST FATAL: recovery ended before configured recovery target was reached 2024-07-26 11:32:57 IST LOG: startup process (PID 43292) exited with exit code 1 ONLY inference I can make is INFO unable to find 00000009000000000000003F in the archive ( This means the EDB server (10.10.20.6 ) unable to push the archives to the Repo server(10.10.20.7 ) ? Is that the reason for the recovery and start backing of edb server fails ? the pg_hba.conf entry in the EDB Server machine is as host all all 127.0.0.1/32 ident host all all 10.10.20.7/32 scram-sha-256 #host all all 10.10.20.7/32 trust # IPv6 local connections: host all all ::1/128 ident #host all all 10.10.20.7/24 trust # Allow replication connections from localhost, by a user with the # replication privilege. local replication all peer host replication all 10.10.20.7/32 scram-sha-256 host replication all 127.0.0.1/32 ident host replication all ::1/128 ident Do I have to change anything in pg_hba.conf ? my EDB Server conf as this archive_mode = on archive_command = 'pgbackrest --stanza=Demo_Repo archive-push %p' log_filename = 'postgresql.log' max_wal_senders = 5 wal_level = replica Any help ? Krishane On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:45 AM Muhammad Ikram <mmik...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi KK CHN > > Could you check server logs ? > Your service trace suggests that it started server and then failure > happened > > ul 26 09:48:49 service01 systemd[1]: Started EDB Postgres Advanced Server > 16. > Jul 26 09:48:50 service01 systemd[1]: edb-as-16.service: Main process > exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > > > > Regards, > Ikram > > > On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:04 AM KK CHN <kkchn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> List, >> >> Reference: https://pgbackrest.org/user-guide-rhel.html#pitr >> I am following the PTR on RHEL9 EPAS16. >> I am able to do a backup(Full, diff and incr) and restore from a full >> backup and restart of EPAS16 works fine. >> >> But when I do an incremental backup after doing the procedures >> mentioned in the PTR section of the above reference link and try >> restoring the EDB database from the INCR backup and then starting up the >> EPAS16 the server always results in dead state >> >> My repo server is another machine. If I do a full restore on the DB >> server ( sudo -u enterprisedb pgbackrest --stanza=Demo_Repo --delta >> restore) it works and the server starts without any issue. >> Restoring from Incremental backup tty output shows successful but edb >> service start results in failure. >> >> Any help is much appreciated. >> >> Krishane. >> >> >> >> >> STEPS followed: >> >> after dropping the table pg-primary *⇒* Drop the important table >> ([section] >> stopped the EDB server. >> >> $ sudo -u enterprisedb pgbackrest --stanza=Demo_Repo --delta >> --set=20240719-122703F_20240724-094727I --target-timeline=current >> --type=time "--target=2024-07-24 09:44:01.3255+05:30" >> --target-action=promote restore >> ..................................................... >> >> 2024-07-26 09:48:06.343 P00 INFO: restore command end: completed >> successfully (1035ms) >> >> >> But >> >> [root@rservice01 ~]# sudo systemctl start edb-as-16.service >> [root@service01 ~]# sudo systemctl status edb-as-16.service >> × edb-as-16.service - EDB Postgres Advanced Server 16 >> Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/edb-as-16.service; disabled; >> preset: disabled) >> * Active: failed* (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2024-07-26 09:48:50 >> IST; 8s ago >> Duration: 242ms >> Process: 41903 ExecStartPre=/usr/edb/as16/bin/edb-as-16-check-db-dir >> ${PGDATA} (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) >> Process: 41908 ExecStart=/usr/edb/as16/bin/edb-postgres -D ${PGDATA} >> (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) >> Main PID: 41908 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) >> CPU: 331ms >> >> Jul 26 09:48:48 service01 systemd[1]: Starting EDB Postgres Advanced >> Server 16... >> Jul 26 09:48:48 service01 edb-postgres[41908]: 2024-07-26 09:48:48 IST >> LOG: redirecting log output to logging collector process >> Jul 26 09:48:48 service01 edb-postgres[41908]: 2024-07-26 09:48:48 IST >> HINT: Future log output will appear in directory "log". >> Jul 26 09:48:49 service01 systemd[1]: Started EDB Postgres Advanced >> Server 16. >> Jul 26 09:48:50 service01 systemd[1]: edb-as-16.service: Main process >> exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE >> Jul 26 09:48:50 service01 systemd[1]: edb-as-16.service: Killing process >> 41909 (edb-postgres) with signal SIGKILL. >> Jul 26 09:48:50 service01 systemd[1]: edb-as-16.service: Failed with >> result 'exit-code'. >> [root@service01 ~]# >> >> why is it unable to perform a restore and recovery from an incr backup ? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On The Repo Server >> [root@service02 ~]# sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=Demo_Repo info >> stanza: Demo_Repo >> status: ok >> cipher: aes-256-cbc >> >> db (current) >> wal archive min/max (16): >> 000000020000000000000021/0000000B0000000000000041 >> >> full backup: 20240719-122703F >> timestamp start/stop: 2024-07-19 12:27:03+05:30 / 2024-07-19 >> 12:27:06+05:30 >> wal start/stop: 00000002000000000000002A / >> 00000002000000000000002A >> database size: 61.7MB, database backup size: 61.7MB >> repo1: backup size: 9.6MB >> >> incr backup: 20240719-122703F_20240719-123353I >> timestamp start/stop: 2024-07-19 12:33:53+05:30 / 2024-07-19 >> 12:33:56+05:30 >> wal start/stop: 00000002000000000000002C / >> 00000002000000000000002C >> database size: 61.7MB, database backup size: 6.4MB >> repo1: backup size: 6.2KB >> backup reference list: 20240719-122703F >> >> diff backup: 20240719-122703F_20240719-123408D >> timestamp start/stop: 2024-07-19 12:34:08+05:30 / 2024-07-19 >> 12:34:10+05:30 >> wal start/stop: 00000002000000000000002E / >> 00000002000000000000002E >> database size: 61.7MB, database backup size: 6.4MB >> repo1: backup size: 6.4KB >> backup reference list: 20240719-122703F >> >> incr backup: 20240719-122703F_20240723-110212I >> timestamp start/stop: 2024-07-23 11:02:12+05:30 / 2024-07-23 >> 11:02:15+05:30 >> wal start/stop: 000000070000000000000038 / >> 000000070000000000000038 >> database size: 48MB, database backup size: 6.4MB >> repo1: backup size: 9.8KB >> backup reference list: 20240719-122703F, >> 20240719-122703F_20240719-123408D >> >> incr backup: 20240719-122703F_20240723-141818I >> timestamp start/stop: 2024-07-23 14:18:18+05:30 / 2024-07-23 >> 14:18:22+05:30 >> wal start/stop: 00000008000000000000003C / >> 00000008000000000000003C >> database size: 75.4MB, database backup size: 33.8MB >> repo1: backup size: 4.7MB >> backup reference list: 20240719-122703F, >> 20240719-122703F_20240719-123408D, 20240719-122703F_20240723-110212I >> >> incr backup: 20240719-122703F_20240724-094727I >> timestamp start/stop: 2024-07-24 09:47:27+05:30 / 2024-07-24 >> 09:47:30+05:30 >> wal start/stop: 00000009000000000000003D / >> 00000009000000000000003D >> database size: 62MB, database backup size: 11.5MB >> repo1: backup size: 72KB >> backup reference list: 20240719-122703F, >> 20240719-122703F_20240719-123408D, 20240719-122703F_20240723-110212I, >> 20240719-122703F_20240723-141818 >> >> >> >> > > -- > Muhammad Ikram > >