On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:52 AM Asif Rehman <asifr.reh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 11:08 AM Rajkumar Raghuwanshi < > rajkumar.raghuwan...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the patches. >> >> I have verified reported issues with new patches, issues are fixed now. >> >> I got another observation where If a new slot name given without -C >> option, it leads to server crash error. >> >> [edb@localhost bin]$ ./pg_basebackup -p 5432 -j 4 -D /tmp/bkp --slot >> test_bkp_slot >> pg_basebackup: error: could not send replication command >> "START_REPLICATION": ERROR: replication slot "test_bkp_slot" does not exist >> pg_basebackup: error: could not list backup files: server closed the >> connection unexpectedly >> This probably means the server terminated abnormally >> before or while processing the request. >> pg_basebackup: removing data directory "/tmp/bkp" >> > > It seems to be an expected behavior. The START_BACKUP command has been > executed, and > pg_basebackup tries to start a WAL streaming process with a non-existent > slot, which results in > an error. So the backup is aborted while terminating all other processes. > I think error message can be improved. current error message looks like database server is crashed. on PG same is existing with exit 1. [edb@localhost bin]$ ./pg_basebackup -p 5432 -D /tmp/bkp --slot test_bkp_slot pg_basebackup: error: could not send replication command "START_REPLICATION": ERROR: replication slot "test_bkp_slot" does not exist pg_basebackup: error: child process exited with exit code 1 pg_basebackup: removing data directory "/tmp/bkp" > > > -- > Asif Rehman > Highgo Software (Canada/China/Pakistan) > URL : www.highgo.ca > >
