Re: pg_rewind problem: cannot find WAL

On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
>
> I don't think it is connected to a WAL switch.
>

Thanks.

> I'd say that you should set "wal_keep_size" high enough that all the WAL
> needed for pg_rewind is still present.
>
> If you have a WAL archive, you could define a restore_command on the server
> you want to rewind.

I've pgbackrest making backups, so I have an archive_command. I'm
going to see if putting a restore_command can fix the problem.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Luca