Hi All, pg_stop_backup is not stopping...
Postgresql version 9.01 OS: Centos Postgresql.conf ==> default configuration did not change anything Steps 1. Initiated psql -c "SELECT pg_start_backup('label', true)" 2. Started RSYNC job to sync slave box rsync -a /var/lib/pgsql/data/ dbpg9-test-02:/var/lib/pgsql/data Left over night to rsync - it was only around 10 GB of data to be rsynced, but i left overnight... 3. psql -c "SELECT pg_stop_backup()" *Gettign Error Message as below* NOTICE: pg_stop_backup cleanup done, waiting for required WAL segments to be archived WARNING: pg_stop_backup still waiting for all required WAL segments to be archived (60 seconds elapsed) HINT: Check that your archive_command is executing properly. pg_stop_backup can be cancelled safely, but the database backup will not be usable without all the WAL segments. WARNING: pg_stop_backup still waiting for all required WAL segments to be archived (120 seconds elapsed) HINT: Check that your archive_command is executing properly. pg_stop_backup can be cancelled safely, but the database backup will not be usable without all the WAL segments. WARNING: pg_stop_backup still waiting for all required WAL segments to be archived (240 seconds elapsed) HINT: Check that your archive_command is executing properly. pg_stop_backup can be cancelled safely, but the database backup will not be usable without all the WAL segments. I waited quite long and it was not stopping, I had to issue Ctrl+c to cancel it. ======== I tried to start backup and stop backup again, same problem. Here is my Archive Command: archive_command = 'cp -i %p /mnt/nfs/primary/%f < /dev/null' Directory /mnt/nfs/primary ==> is an NFS mount. Any solution how to fix it. Thanks Deepak Murthy