#28 barman check reports ok with failing list-backup command

[Damon Snyder]

The barman check command will report OK when you cannot run list-backup and as a result would have difficulty restoring:

$ barman check db018
Server db018:
        ssh: OK
        PostgreSQL: OK
        archive_mode: OK
        archive_command: OK
        directories: OK
        retention policy settings: OK
        compression settings: OK
        minimum redundancy requirements: OK (have 4 backups, expected at least 3)
$ echo $?
0
$ barman check db018 --nagios
BARMAN OK - Ready to serve the Espresso backup
$ barman list-backup db018
ERROR: Unhandled exception. See log file for more details.

There appears to be some processing that list-backup performs that the check command does not. This can leave you in a situation where your checks (e.g. via nagios) are not alerting but your backups are failing or are in an inconsistent state.

Thanks,
Damon

Related: https://sourceforge.net/p/pgbarman/tickets/27/

[Gabriele Bartolini]

This error is related to ticket #27 and due to a WAL archive database corruption

[Gabriele Bartolini]

Fixed by https://sourceforge.net/p/pgbarman/code/ci/90352a0c6de8e86bfb55ab71eac090bf757b568e/