Trying to dump a PostgreSQL-10 DB running in a CentOS 7 machine and restore it into a Windows 10 machine











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I am trying to execute a backup of my PostgreSQL-10 database running on a CentOS 7 machine and then to restore it in a development machine running Windows 10, but I am getting errors during the restore process:



pg_restore: [custom archiver] WARNING: ftell mismatch with expected position -- ftell used


I have made sure that the commands' parameters passed in both dump and restore are the same:



pg_dump --format=c --compress=9 --encoding=UTF-8 -n public --verbose --username=postgres databaseName -W -f /usr/local/production-dump.backup


However it does not work at all. Even though the schema is restored, the data is not, because right before the restore process is going to start restoring data, it gives a "pipe has ended" error and does not proceed with the full restore process. I am using the "custom" format because the plain SQL or tar formats generate huge backup files.



What am I doing wrong? Is there any parameter that I need to pass to the dump or restore commands?










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  • What's the size of the backup file? Are you sure it was transferred in binary mode to the windows machine (no LF->CRLF conversion)? And what's the origin of the pg_restore binary on the windows host? An installer (which one and which exact version)?
    – Daniel Vérité
    Nov 20 at 11:17












  • @DanielVérité the size of the backup file is about 200MB. It was created in centOS using command line and then transferred to the windows host using WinSCP tool. On windows I used the command: pg_restore.exe --verbose --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres --format=c --dbname=myDatabaseName. On both centOS and windows, the pg_dump and restore binaries are from postgresql-10
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 20 at 12:07










  • 200MB is small enough that it can't be a 32-bit overflow problem. But for winscp, please make sure that you explicitly select the binary transfer mode otherwise it can corrupt your file. See winscp.net/eng/docs/transfer_mode#scp
    – Daniel Vérité
    Nov 20 at 13:13










  • I enabled the binary transfer and got the same results
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27















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I am trying to execute a backup of my PostgreSQL-10 database running on a CentOS 7 machine and then to restore it in a development machine running Windows 10, but I am getting errors during the restore process:



pg_restore: [custom archiver] WARNING: ftell mismatch with expected position -- ftell used


I have made sure that the commands' parameters passed in both dump and restore are the same:



pg_dump --format=c --compress=9 --encoding=UTF-8 -n public --verbose --username=postgres databaseName -W -f /usr/local/production-dump.backup


However it does not work at all. Even though the schema is restored, the data is not, because right before the restore process is going to start restoring data, it gives a "pipe has ended" error and does not proceed with the full restore process. I am using the "custom" format because the plain SQL or tar formats generate huge backup files.



What am I doing wrong? Is there any parameter that I need to pass to the dump or restore commands?










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  • What's the size of the backup file? Are you sure it was transferred in binary mode to the windows machine (no LF->CRLF conversion)? And what's the origin of the pg_restore binary on the windows host? An installer (which one and which exact version)?
    – Daniel Vérité
    Nov 20 at 11:17












  • @DanielVérité the size of the backup file is about 200MB. It was created in centOS using command line and then transferred to the windows host using WinSCP tool. On windows I used the command: pg_restore.exe --verbose --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres --format=c --dbname=myDatabaseName. On both centOS and windows, the pg_dump and restore binaries are from postgresql-10
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 20 at 12:07










  • 200MB is small enough that it can't be a 32-bit overflow problem. But for winscp, please make sure that you explicitly select the binary transfer mode otherwise it can corrupt your file. See winscp.net/eng/docs/transfer_mode#scp
    – Daniel Vérité
    Nov 20 at 13:13










  • I enabled the binary transfer and got the same results
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27













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I am trying to execute a backup of my PostgreSQL-10 database running on a CentOS 7 machine and then to restore it in a development machine running Windows 10, but I am getting errors during the restore process:



pg_restore: [custom archiver] WARNING: ftell mismatch with expected position -- ftell used


I have made sure that the commands' parameters passed in both dump and restore are the same:



pg_dump --format=c --compress=9 --encoding=UTF-8 -n public --verbose --username=postgres databaseName -W -f /usr/local/production-dump.backup


However it does not work at all. Even though the schema is restored, the data is not, because right before the restore process is going to start restoring data, it gives a "pipe has ended" error and does not proceed with the full restore process. I am using the "custom" format because the plain SQL or tar formats generate huge backup files.



What am I doing wrong? Is there any parameter that I need to pass to the dump or restore commands?










share|improve this question















I am trying to execute a backup of my PostgreSQL-10 database running on a CentOS 7 machine and then to restore it in a development machine running Windows 10, but I am getting errors during the restore process:



pg_restore: [custom archiver] WARNING: ftell mismatch with expected position -- ftell used


I have made sure that the commands' parameters passed in both dump and restore are the same:



pg_dump --format=c --compress=9 --encoding=UTF-8 -n public --verbose --username=postgres databaseName -W -f /usr/local/production-dump.backup


However it does not work at all. Even though the schema is restored, the data is not, because right before the restore process is going to start restoring data, it gives a "pipe has ended" error and does not proceed with the full restore process. I am using the "custom" format because the plain SQL or tar formats generate huge backup files.



What am I doing wrong? Is there any parameter that I need to pass to the dump or restore commands?







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  • What's the size of the backup file? Are you sure it was transferred in binary mode to the windows machine (no LF->CRLF conversion)? And what's the origin of the pg_restore binary on the windows host? An installer (which one and which exact version)?
    – Daniel Vérité
    Nov 20 at 11:17












  • @DanielVérité the size of the backup file is about 200MB. It was created in centOS using command line and then transferred to the windows host using WinSCP tool. On windows I used the command: pg_restore.exe --verbose --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres --format=c --dbname=myDatabaseName. On both centOS and windows, the pg_dump and restore binaries are from postgresql-10
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 20 at 12:07










  • 200MB is small enough that it can't be a 32-bit overflow problem. But for winscp, please make sure that you explicitly select the binary transfer mode otherwise it can corrupt your file. See winscp.net/eng/docs/transfer_mode#scp
    – Daniel Vérité
    Nov 20 at 13:13










  • I enabled the binary transfer and got the same results
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27


















  • What's the size of the backup file? Are you sure it was transferred in binary mode to the windows machine (no LF->CRLF conversion)? And what's the origin of the pg_restore binary on the windows host? An installer (which one and which exact version)?
    – Daniel Vérité
    Nov 20 at 11:17












  • @DanielVérité the size of the backup file is about 200MB. It was created in centOS using command line and then transferred to the windows host using WinSCP tool. On windows I used the command: pg_restore.exe --verbose --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres --format=c --dbname=myDatabaseName. On both centOS and windows, the pg_dump and restore binaries are from postgresql-10
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 20 at 12:07










  • 200MB is small enough that it can't be a 32-bit overflow problem. But for winscp, please make sure that you explicitly select the binary transfer mode otherwise it can corrupt your file. See winscp.net/eng/docs/transfer_mode#scp
    – Daniel Vérité
    Nov 20 at 13:13










  • I enabled the binary transfer and got the same results
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27
















What's the size of the backup file? Are you sure it was transferred in binary mode to the windows machine (no LF->CRLF conversion)? And what's the origin of the pg_restore binary on the windows host? An installer (which one and which exact version)?
– Daniel Vérité
Nov 20 at 11:17






What's the size of the backup file? Are you sure it was transferred in binary mode to the windows machine (no LF->CRLF conversion)? And what's the origin of the pg_restore binary on the windows host? An installer (which one and which exact version)?
– Daniel Vérité
Nov 20 at 11:17














@DanielVérité the size of the backup file is about 200MB. It was created in centOS using command line and then transferred to the windows host using WinSCP tool. On windows I used the command: pg_restore.exe --verbose --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres --format=c --dbname=myDatabaseName. On both centOS and windows, the pg_dump and restore binaries are from postgresql-10
– leandro.marques
Nov 20 at 12:07




@DanielVérité the size of the backup file is about 200MB. It was created in centOS using command line and then transferred to the windows host using WinSCP tool. On windows I used the command: pg_restore.exe --verbose --host=localhost --port=5432 --username=postgres --format=c --dbname=myDatabaseName. On both centOS and windows, the pg_dump and restore binaries are from postgresql-10
– leandro.marques
Nov 20 at 12:07












200MB is small enough that it can't be a 32-bit overflow problem. But for winscp, please make sure that you explicitly select the binary transfer mode otherwise it can corrupt your file. See winscp.net/eng/docs/transfer_mode#scp
– Daniel Vérité
Nov 20 at 13:13




200MB is small enough that it can't be a 32-bit overflow problem. But for winscp, please make sure that you explicitly select the binary transfer mode otherwise it can corrupt your file. See winscp.net/eng/docs/transfer_mode#scp
– Daniel Vérité
Nov 20 at 13:13












I enabled the binary transfer and got the same results
– leandro.marques
Nov 22 at 16:27




I enabled the binary transfer and got the same results
– leandro.marques
Nov 22 at 16:27












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The likely explanation is that the file was modified during file transfer. Could you calculate a checksum of the file before and after transfer and verify that it is the same?



If the file did not change, then you have probably found a PostgreSQL bug. If you have a dump that you can share and that exhibits the problem, please report this problem to PostgreSQL.






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  • Interestingly, the pg_restore worked when I used pgAdmin to run the restore process. I was using DBeaver enterprise to execute pg_restore, and, in theory, it should execute de same command. tks
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27










  • Interesting. Does DBeaver have its own copy of pg_restore? If yes, you could try to call that pg_restore directly to see if you can reproduce the problem. Then DBeaver must have a buggy version. If DBeaver doesn't have its own pg_restore, then it would be interesting to know which pg_restore it called and how. strace may help to answer such questions.
    – Laurenz Albe
    Nov 23 at 8:42










  • Maybe DBeaver has its own copy of pg_restore, thanks for noticing that
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 23 at 12:09











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The likely explanation is that the file was modified during file transfer. Could you calculate a checksum of the file before and after transfer and verify that it is the same?



If the file did not change, then you have probably found a PostgreSQL bug. If you have a dump that you can share and that exhibits the problem, please report this problem to PostgreSQL.






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  • Interestingly, the pg_restore worked when I used pgAdmin to run the restore process. I was using DBeaver enterprise to execute pg_restore, and, in theory, it should execute de same command. tks
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27










  • Interesting. Does DBeaver have its own copy of pg_restore? If yes, you could try to call that pg_restore directly to see if you can reproduce the problem. Then DBeaver must have a buggy version. If DBeaver doesn't have its own pg_restore, then it would be interesting to know which pg_restore it called and how. strace may help to answer such questions.
    – Laurenz Albe
    Nov 23 at 8:42










  • Maybe DBeaver has its own copy of pg_restore, thanks for noticing that
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 23 at 12:09















up vote
0
down vote













The likely explanation is that the file was modified during file transfer. Could you calculate a checksum of the file before and after transfer and verify that it is the same?



If the file did not change, then you have probably found a PostgreSQL bug. If you have a dump that you can share and that exhibits the problem, please report this problem to PostgreSQL.






share|improve this answer





















  • Interestingly, the pg_restore worked when I used pgAdmin to run the restore process. I was using DBeaver enterprise to execute pg_restore, and, in theory, it should execute de same command. tks
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27










  • Interesting. Does DBeaver have its own copy of pg_restore? If yes, you could try to call that pg_restore directly to see if you can reproduce the problem. Then DBeaver must have a buggy version. If DBeaver doesn't have its own pg_restore, then it would be interesting to know which pg_restore it called and how. strace may help to answer such questions.
    – Laurenz Albe
    Nov 23 at 8:42










  • Maybe DBeaver has its own copy of pg_restore, thanks for noticing that
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 23 at 12:09













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up vote
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The likely explanation is that the file was modified during file transfer. Could you calculate a checksum of the file before and after transfer and verify that it is the same?



If the file did not change, then you have probably found a PostgreSQL bug. If you have a dump that you can share and that exhibits the problem, please report this problem to PostgreSQL.






share|improve this answer












The likely explanation is that the file was modified during file transfer. Could you calculate a checksum of the file before and after transfer and verify that it is the same?



If the file did not change, then you have probably found a PostgreSQL bug. If you have a dump that you can share and that exhibits the problem, please report this problem to PostgreSQL.







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  • Interestingly, the pg_restore worked when I used pgAdmin to run the restore process. I was using DBeaver enterprise to execute pg_restore, and, in theory, it should execute de same command. tks
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27










  • Interesting. Does DBeaver have its own copy of pg_restore? If yes, you could try to call that pg_restore directly to see if you can reproduce the problem. Then DBeaver must have a buggy version. If DBeaver doesn't have its own pg_restore, then it would be interesting to know which pg_restore it called and how. strace may help to answer such questions.
    – Laurenz Albe
    Nov 23 at 8:42










  • Maybe DBeaver has its own copy of pg_restore, thanks for noticing that
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 23 at 12:09


















  • Interestingly, the pg_restore worked when I used pgAdmin to run the restore process. I was using DBeaver enterprise to execute pg_restore, and, in theory, it should execute de same command. tks
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 22 at 16:27










  • Interesting. Does DBeaver have its own copy of pg_restore? If yes, you could try to call that pg_restore directly to see if you can reproduce the problem. Then DBeaver must have a buggy version. If DBeaver doesn't have its own pg_restore, then it would be interesting to know which pg_restore it called and how. strace may help to answer such questions.
    – Laurenz Albe
    Nov 23 at 8:42










  • Maybe DBeaver has its own copy of pg_restore, thanks for noticing that
    – leandro.marques
    Nov 23 at 12:09
















Interestingly, the pg_restore worked when I used pgAdmin to run the restore process. I was using DBeaver enterprise to execute pg_restore, and, in theory, it should execute de same command. tks
– leandro.marques
Nov 22 at 16:27




Interestingly, the pg_restore worked when I used pgAdmin to run the restore process. I was using DBeaver enterprise to execute pg_restore, and, in theory, it should execute de same command. tks
– leandro.marques
Nov 22 at 16:27












Interesting. Does DBeaver have its own copy of pg_restore? If yes, you could try to call that pg_restore directly to see if you can reproduce the problem. Then DBeaver must have a buggy version. If DBeaver doesn't have its own pg_restore, then it would be interesting to know which pg_restore it called and how. strace may help to answer such questions.
– Laurenz Albe
Nov 23 at 8:42




Interesting. Does DBeaver have its own copy of pg_restore? If yes, you could try to call that pg_restore directly to see if you can reproduce the problem. Then DBeaver must have a buggy version. If DBeaver doesn't have its own pg_restore, then it would be interesting to know which pg_restore it called and how. strace may help to answer such questions.
– Laurenz Albe
Nov 23 at 8:42












Maybe DBeaver has its own copy of pg_restore, thanks for noticing that
– leandro.marques
Nov 23 at 12:09




Maybe DBeaver has its own copy of pg_restore, thanks for noticing that
– leandro.marques
Nov 23 at 12:09


















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