Re: wal seams to be corrupted

[Kashif Zeeshan <kashi.zeeshan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Domen

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM Domen Šetar <domen.setar@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi admins,

 

The number of wal files on my postgresql server is rising, because it seams that one wal is corrupted. Postgrsql is running normaly.  I see this in postgresql log file:

 

2024-07-19 07:44:12 CEST [2205]: [32288-1] user=,db=,app=,client= DETAIL:  The failed archive command was: test ! -f /var/lib/pgsql/ArchiveDir/000000010000044E0000009D && cp pg_wal/000000010000044E0000009D /var/lib/pgsql/ArchiveDir/000000010000044E0000009D

 

Usualy helped if I deleted wal in ArchiveDir directory. But not this time. Wal is copied again from pg_wal to ArchiveDir directory and  error message continues.

What can I do to solve this problem? Is pg_resetwal solution fort his problem? If it is, how to use it?

Yes you should use the  pg_resetwal what it does is clears the write-ahead log (WAL) and optionally resets some other control information stored in the pg_control file. This function is sometimes needed if these files have become corrupted. It should be used only as a last resort, when the server will not start due to such corruption.

You can find the help from the following link

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgresetwal.html

Regards

Kashif Zeeshan

 

Best regards!

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