. On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:55 AM, raghavendra t <raagavendra.rao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > > For some setups reason, i started taking Hot backup. In this course I have first issued pg_start_backup('backup') and went to the data directory for backing up in OS format using the command "tar -cf backup.tar /data" . When i issued this command , tar was generating some errors as show below. > > bash-3.00# tar -cf 16aprilstandby.tar /db-data/ > tar: Removing leading `/' from member names > tar: /db-data/base/24643/151667: file changed as we read it > tar: /db-data/base/24643/151764.2: file changed as we read it > tar: /db-data/base/24643/151766: file changed as we read it > tar: /db-data/base/24643/151768: file changed as we read it > tar: /db-data/base/66412/151969: file changed as we read it > > After sometime tar has ended and i also issued pg_stop_backup() and i continued the process. > > My question here is, is this errors generated by tar are to worrisome or whats happening in the backend. > Is "tar" file is safewell to use. Could you please tell me. Those are not errors, they are warnings. As long as you use pg_start_backup() and pg_stop_backup() before and after the tar, they are perfectly harmless, and can be ignored. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general