{"id":6542,"date":"2015-12-15T17:08:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T16:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/pg_dump-archiver-db-query-failed-error-schema-sys-does-not-exist\/"},"modified":"2015-12-15T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T16:08:46","slug":"pg_dump-archiver-db-query-failed-error-schema-sys-does-not-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/pg_dump-archiver-db-query-failed-error-schema-sys-does-not-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"pg_dump: [archiver (db)] query failed: ERROR: schema &#8220;sys&#8221; does not exist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I could not find any information about this error when I faced it this is just a short hint: If you try to use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postgresql.org\/docs\/current\/static\/app-pgdump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pg_dump<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postgresql.org\/docs\/9.4\/static\/app-pg-dumpall.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pg_dumpall<\/a> out of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enterprisedb.com\/products-services-training\/products\/postgres-plus-advanced-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PPAS<\/a>  installation to dump or dumpall a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postgresql.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community version<\/a> of PostgreSQL you probably get this:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; gutter: true; first-line: 1\">\npg_dump: [archiver (db)] query failed: ERROR: schema \"sys\" does not exist\npg_dump: [archiver (db)] query was: SET search_path = pg_catalog, sys, dbo\n<\/pre>\n<p>The solution is quite easy but you have to be aware of: The pg_dump and pg_dumpall utilities shipped with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enterprisedb.com\/products-services-training\/products\/postgres-plus-advanced-server\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PPAS<\/a> are not compatible with community PostgreSQL and therefore you&#8217;ll have to install the PostgreSQL community binaries and use the utilities from there to succeed (even if PPAS is installed in PostgreSQL mode).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I could not find any information about this error when I faced it this is just a short hint: If you try to use pg_dump or pg_dumpall out of a PPAS installation to dump or dumpall a community version of PostgreSQL you probably get this: pg_dump: [archiver (db)] query failed: ERROR: schema &#8220;sys&#8221; 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