BK wrote: > I've spent a couple of hours trying some WAL archiving functionality on PostgrSQL 9.1 (running on Mac > OS X). I turned on all the needed options as specified in the documentation: > > wal_level = archive > archive_mode = on > archive_command='test ! -f /Volumes/baza/%f && cp %p /Volumes/baza/%f' > > I also tried different archive commands, just to see if this is the case, but every time I try > starting a backup (as postgres user) I got the following error: > > tester=# select pg_start_backup('h'); > ERROR: WAL level not sufficient for making an online backup > HINT: wal_level must be set to "archive" or "hot_standby" at server start. > > The postgresql.conf file has all the changes I mentioned above and it was of course rebooted after the > changes. I cannot find anything online regarding this issue, seems a bit strange as all the > configuration looks all right, but the error is still here. Verify the current setting with SELECT setting, source, boot_val, reset_val, sourcefile, sourceline FROM pg_settings WHERE name = 'wal_level'; If the setting is not right (which is likely the case), try to find out the cause. Did you change the correct postgresql.conf? Are there more than one lines for wal_level in the file (try "grep wal_level postgresql.conf")? 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