# Postgres operator is failling when running a manual backup **URL:** \ **Category:** Percona Operator for PostgreSQL\ **Created:** [August 24, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgres-operator-is-failling-when-running-a-manual-backup/24663 "2023-08-24T15:25:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ben\_goldenberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/ben_goldenberg/32/11503_2.png) [@ben\_goldenberg](https://forums.percona.com/u/ben_goldenberg)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgres-operator-is-failling-when-running-a-manual-backup/24663/1 "2023-08-24T15:25:28Z")
## Description: when i run the on demand backup as mentioned in the docs. > **[Percona Operator for PostgreSQL](https://docs.percona.com/percona-operator-for-postgresql/latest/)** > > The Percona Operator for PostgreSQL > automates the creation, modification, or deletion of items in your Percona > Distribution for PostgreSQL environment. The Operator contains the necessary > Kubernetes settings to maintain a consistent PostgreSQL... the operator is falling. time=“2023-08-24T15:19:53Z” level=info msg=“Starting workers” controller=perconapgbackup [controllerGroup=pgv2.percona.com](http://controllerGroup=pgv2.percona.com) controllerKind=PerconaPGBackup version= worker count=1 time=“2023-08-24T15:19:53Z” level=info msg=“Observed a panic in reconciler: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference” PerconaPGBackup=postgres/backup1 controller=perconapgbackup [controllerGroup=pgv2.percona.com](http://controllerGroup=pgv2.percona.com) controllerKind=PerconaPGBackup name=backup1 namespace=postgres reconcileID=09289eb3-bd7c-47df-aa5e-d1d3f54b25fa version= panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [recovered] panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference [signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x8 pc=0x1678996] goroutine 376 [running]: [sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(\*Controller).Reconcile.func1()](http://sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile.func1()) /go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.14.6/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:119 +0x1fa panic({0x1a313a0, 0x2d59990}) /usr/local/go/src/runtime/panic.go:884 +0x213 [github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/percona/controller/pgbackup.startBackup](http://github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/percona/controller/pgbackup.startBackup)({0x1fdff58, 0xc00086e0f0}, {0x1fe8a18, 0xc00012afc0}, 0xc0007e6dc0, 0xc0001b2c00) /go/src/github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/percona/controller/pgbackup/controller.go:143 +0x176 [github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/percona/controller/pgbackup.(\*PGBackupReconciler).Reconcile](http://github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/percona/controller/pgbackup.(*PGBackupReconciler).Reconcile)(0xc0007e8080, {0x1fdff58, 0xc00086e0f0}, {{{0xc00079b798, 0x8}, {0xc00079b790, 0x7}}}) /go/src/github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator/percona/controller/pgbackup/controller.go:76 +0x651 [sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(\*Controller).Reconcile](http://sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile)(0x1fdff58?, {0x1fdff58?, 0xc00086e0f0?}, {{{0xc00079b798?, 0x199a0e0?}, {0xc00079b790?, 0x40f946?}}}) /go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.14.6/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:122 +0xc8 [sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(\*Controller).reconcileHandler](http://sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler)(0xc00043e820, {0x1fdfeb0, 0xc000476cd0}, {0x1ac82a0?, 0xc000a08180?}) /go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.14.6/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:323 +0x377 [sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(\*Controller).processNextWorkItem](http://sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem)(0xc00043e820, {0x1fdfeb0, 0xc000476cd0}) /go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.14.6/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:274 +0x1d9 [sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(\*Controller).Start.func2.2()](http://sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2()) /go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.14.6/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:235 +0x85 created by [sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(\*Controller).Start.func2](http://sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2) /go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.14.6/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:231 +0x587 i also tried to save it to s3 bucket but also failed, this time the operator didnt fall, but gave me another error: time=“2023-08-24T14:14:48Z” level=debug msg=“command terminated with exit code 49: ERROR: [049]: unable to get address for ‘X.X.X.svc.cluster.local’: [-2] Name or service not known\n” object=“{PostgresCluster X [postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/v1beta1](http://postgres-operator.crunchydata.com/v1beta1) 740204 }” reason=UnableToCreateStanzas type=Warning version ## Steps to Reproduce: deploy an operator v2.2 and deploy the cluster, after it just ran the manual backup. ## Version: perconalab/percona-postgresql-operator:main-ppg15-pgbackrest ---
**Author:** ![Sergey\_Pronin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/sergey_pronin/32/14887_2.png) [@Sergey\_Pronin](https://forums.percona.com/u/Sergey_Pronin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/postgres-operator-is-failling-when-running-a-manual-backup/24663/2 "2023-09-04T08:03:52Z")
Hey @ben_goldenberg . I was not able to reproduce this. Anything specific about your setup?