Re: Recovery_target_time misinterpreted?

[Klaus Ita <koki.eml@xxxxxxxxx>]

2013-07-30 11:15:15 UTC <%> LOG:  starting point-in-time recovery to 2013-07-27 21:20:17.127664+00
2013-07-30 11:15:15 UTC <%> LOG:  restored log file "00000001000002300000005C" from archive
2013-07-30 11:15:15 UTC <%> LOG:  restored log file "00000001000002300000005A" from archive
2013-07-30 11:15:15 UTC <%> LOG:  redo starts at 230/5ACD7CC0
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2013-07-30 14:28:45 UTC <%> LOG:  restored log file "000000010000026400000002" from archive
2013-07-30 14:28:45 UTC <%> LOG:  unexpected pageaddr 263/C706C000 in log file 612, segment 2, offset 442368
2013-07-30 14:28:45 UTC <%> LOG:  redo done at 264/20698A8
2013-07-30 14:28:45 UTC <%> LOG:  last completed transaction was at log time 2013-07-18 11:42:22.121512+00
2013-07-30 14:28:45 UTC <%> LOG:  restored log file "000000010000026400000002" from archive
cp: cannot stat `/var/tmp/xlogs_recovered_2013-07-30/wal_files/00000002.history*': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/tmp/00000002.history': No such file or directory
2013-07-30 14:28:45 UTC <%> LOG:  selected new timeline ID: 2
cp: cannot stat `/var/tmp/xlogs_recovered_2013-07-30/wal_files/00000001.history*': No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `/tmp/00000001.history': No such file or directory
2013-07-30 14:28:45 UTC <%> LOG:  archive recovery complete
2013-07-30 14:29:09 UTC <%> LOG:  autovacuum launcher started
2013-07-30 14:29:09 UTC <%> LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections

well, that does not indicate anything for me.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Klaus Ita wrote:
> I have restored a Database Cluster with a recovery_target_time set to
>
> recovery_target_time =  '2013-07-27 21:20:17.127664+00'
> recovery_target_inclusive = false
>
>
>
> now it seems the restore rather restored to some point in time (rather the 18th than the 27th). Is
> there an explanation for this huge gap? Is that the last 'consistent state'?

Maybe the log entries created during restore can answer the question.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe