Hi Just trying to put together the hot_standby setup All docs I read are pointing to use as prefered method to use pg_basebackup to set the base So far so good But psql postgres -c "select pg_start_backup('backup')" pg_basebackup -D /var/lib/pgsql/sample -Ft -z -P psql postgres -c "select pg_stop_backup()" will get me on target < 2017-08-02 22:09:45.348 CDT >LOG: database system was interrupted; last known up at 2017-08-02 22:06:28 CDT < 2017-08-02 22:09:45.353 CDT >LOG: entering standby mode < 2017-08-02 22:09:45.353 CDT >LOG: invalid primary checkpoint record < 2017-08-02 22:09:45.353 CDT >LOG: invalid secondary checkpoint record < 2017-08-02 22:09:45.353 CDT >PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record < 2017-08-02 22:09:45.523 CDT >LOG: startup process (PID 10895) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted < 2017-08-02 22:09:45.523 CDT >LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure where as psql postgres -c "select pg_start_backup('backup')" pg_basebackup -D /var/lib/pgsql/sample -Ft -z -P -x psql postgres -c "select pg_stop_backup()" I am good to go Pretty much every where I looked at -x is not mentioned to be used So what gives ? What did I miss ? It's gotta be soomething Thanks Armand -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general