As I was not aware of this command I searched for it and found this interesting blog. https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/what-does-pg_start_backup-do/ Olivier -----Message d'origine----- De : Laurenz Albe [mailto:laurenz.albe@xxxxxxxxxxx] Envoyé : jeudi 14 décembre 2017 09:19 À : PropAAS DBA; pgsql-admin Objet : Re: virtualized snapshots and PITR PropAAS DBA wrote: > we have a client using veeam to do vmware snapshots of the db servers, > unfortunately as far as I can tell any restore of a veeam snapshot > also restores the state, which means the db gets restored in an online state. > As far as I know, once the db is online we cannot force it back into > recovery mode to do a PITR recovery, correct? > > Anyone know of a way to do PITR recoveries with veeam? It is fairly simple. Before the snapshot, run SELECT pg_start_backup('label of your choice', TRUE); After the snapshot, run SELECT pg_stop_backup(); Yours, Laurenz Albe --- L'absence de virus dans ce courrier électronique a été vérifiée par le logiciel antivirus Avast. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
