> A customer of mine is running 8.3.8. We are attempting to > take a backup, but whenever we issue pg_start_backup() it > always says that we need to first run pg_stop_backup() - Even > when I run the stop backup command right before trying to > start the backup. I have restarted PostgreSQL altogether, > but the results are the same. Am I missing something? Does pg_stop_backup() return without error? What if you call it twice in a row? Is there a file "backup_label" in your cluster directory? If yes, what are its ownership and permissions? Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
