On Nov 25, 2007 8:24 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Why is it not allowed to call pg_start_backup when WAL archiving is off?
> Wouldn't this be useful as a discrete file system backup without PITR
> capability?
Because a file system level backup is no good unless the database is
stopped, or you are using PITR.
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