>> >> Right, that's what I was afraid of. I'm currently restoring from a pg_dump >> just to check that we can recover. I suspect the next step will be to take >> another server, restore a pg_dump'd backup on it, and try a WAL-E setup on >> that one. If that works, then I expect we'll have to dump and reload our >> production server. Frustrating, as this all worked smoothly in our test >> environments! That's life, I guess... > > Yeah. Testing backups is still a struggle -- even superficially > starting up the cluster is not enough. Some extra checking or > monitoring integration will probably be seen in WAL-E over time, > particularly with regard to Postgres checksums and figuring out how to > deal with file system failures for those using checksummed file > systems, but that is a ways off.
Are there tickets for this? If there's any low-hanging fruit, we might be able to take a crack at some of them. Cheers, Dan -- Dan Fairs | [email protected] | @danfairs | secondsync.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "wal-e" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
