On Jan 8, 2010, at 4:50 PM, Erik Jones wrote: > > On Jan 8, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Keaton Adams wrote: > >> OK, >> >> So what am I doing wrong here? >> >> Installed PG 8.3.7 on Slave machine >> >> Restored from last evening's backup from the master DB to make the rsync across the network finish sooner. >> >> Shut down the PG instance on the slave machine >> >> Ran a script that does the following: >> >> select pg_start_backup('Master_Backup'); >> rsync -rvlpogtz ${masterdb}/* ${slave_dbuser}@${slave_host}:${slavedb} >> select pg_stop_backup(); >> ssh ${slave_dbuser}@${slave_host} rm ${slavedb}/postmaster.pid 2>/dev/null >> ssh ${slave_dbuser}@${slave_host} rm ${slave_backup_path}/0* 2>/dev/null >> ssh ${slave_dbuser}@${slave_host} ${PSQL_BIN}/pg_ctl -D ${slavedb} -l logfile start > > Is ${slave_backup_path} your archive directory? Why are you deleting all of you archives there? Also, what are the contents of your recovery.conf file? Are you using pg_standby? The typical setup is to clear <datadir>/pg_xlog on your standby and use pg_standby to recovery files directly from your archive directory? Erik Jones, Database Administrator Engine Yard Support, Scalability, Reliability 866.518.9273 x 260 Location: US/Pacific IRC: mage2k -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general