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fix restore procedure after testing

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howto/postgresql.md

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@@ -775,10 +775,9 @@ the backups, overwriting the current server. 
 

        cd /var/lib/postgresql/15/



 1. stop the server, and keep it from starting:

 1. stop the server:

 

        service postgresql.service stop

        sudo -u postgres rm main/global/pg_control

        service postgresql stop



 2. move or remove all files from the old cluster, alternatively:
@@ -795,9 +794,21 @@ the backups, overwriting the current server. 
 

        sudo -u postgres pgbackrest --stanza=`hostname -f` restore



    Backup progress can be found in the log files, in:

    

        /var/log/pgbackrest/`hostname -f`-restore.log



    It takes a couple of minutes to start, but eventually you should

    see lines like:

    

        2024-12-05 19:22:52.582 P01 DETAIL: restore file /var/lib/postgresql/15/main/base/16402/852859.4 (1GB, 11.39%) checksum 8a17b30a73a1d1ea9c8566bd264eb89d9ed3f35c



    The percentage there (`11.39%` above) is how far in the restore

    you are.



 4. Start the restored server:

 

        sudo service postgresql.service start

        sudo service postgresql start



This procedure also assumes that the `pgbackrest` command is

functional. This should normally be the case on an existing server,