I want to create a Base Backup with the pg_basebackup tool of postgres 9.1. After some seconds I receive:
“pg_basebackup: could not get WAL end position from server`
What can be the reason for this error message?
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I want to create a Base Backup with the pg_basebackup tool of postgres 9.1. After some seconds I receive:
“pg_basebackup: could not get WAL end position from server`
What can be the reason for this error message?
Best Answer
The problem was that there were files in the data directory not owned by the postgres user.