On 02/15/2017 08:35 AM, Shawn Thomas wrote:
Yes, that’s the correct sequence of scripts. And no there’s not anything really helpful in the system logs. I’m thinking that at this point I need to approach this problem as more of a disaster recovery. There was a full pg_dumpall file that was deleted and cannot be recovered so I need to recover the data from the /var/lib/postgresql/9.4/main directory. I believe this is called a file level recovery. I assume I need to use a fully functional, same version PG (on another machine?) to create a full dump of the data directory. Once I have this I can re-install Postgres on the initial server and read the databases back into it. Any advice on how to best go about this? The official documentation seems a bit thin: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/backup-file.html I’ve only worked with normal (pg_dump, pg_dumpall) backups in the past.
Shawn As the postgres user: /usr/lib/postgresql/9.4/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.4/main start What returns? Sincerely, JD -- Command Prompt, Inc. http://the.postgres.company/ +1-503-667-4564 PostgreSQL Centered full stack support, consulting and development. Everyone appreciates your honesty, until you are honest with them. Unless otherwise stated, opinions are my own. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
