On 12/06/13 13:40, Denish Patel wrote: > Jeff, > > If you remove pg_xlogs, I do not expect Postgres to come back! > > I think Craig is referring to WAL files , not pg_xlogs. He is still going to > take backup of pg_xlogs under $PGDATA when Postgres is still down. > > I think there is some misunderstanding here! > I think the misunderstanding might be that you mean *archived* WAL files, and I mean WAL files in the PGDATA directory. I think the latter is what the OP means, but I'm not certain. So, no, you do not need archiving enabled to take a cold backup, but you do need all the WAL files from the pg_xlog directory per mine and Kevin's quick test. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
