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From: Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com>
To: Subramanian,Ramachandran <ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de>
Cc: pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-novice@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: pg_verifybackup fails
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:49:24 +0530
Message-ID: <CAAJ_b97+Q99HKK2C+Bx0ESe_KXa+0hp2-KnBg4zLN+6VQT5MFw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d485567c235848989c97fb6980e8f033@alte-leipziger.de>
References: <d485567c235848989c97fb6980e8f033@alte-leipziger.de>

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM Subramanian,Ramachandran
<ramachandran.subramanian@alte-leipziger.de> wrote:
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> Hello,
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>    we are running postgres V16 on Linux and when I try to run pg_verifybackup I get the following error.
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> Does it mean that we have an incomplete installation ?
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> I would be grateful for any pointers on how to resolve this issue.
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> LG
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> Ram
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> [postgres]$ pg_verifybackup /var/lib/pgsql/base_backup_dir/XXX/2026-02-16T11-52-27
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> pg_verifybackup: error: program "pg_waldump" is needed by pg_verifybackup but was not found in the same directory as "/usr/bin/pg_verifybackup"
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> [postgres]$ type pg_verifybackup
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> pg_verifybackup is hashed (/bin/pg_verifybackup)
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> [postgres]$ type pg_waldump
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> -bash: type: pg_waldump: not found
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Yes, pg_waldump is missing, which suggests an incomplete installation.
For the time being, you can bypass this error by using the
--no-parse-wal option in pg_verifybackup to skip WAL verification, but
it’s better to install pg_waldump for the complete verification.

Regards,
Amul

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