Stephen Frost wrote: > > > > 2. Is there a `wal-g backup-fetch` option for truly self-sufficient > > restoration? > > Interesting that you ask this! I say that because it's actually a case > that pgbackrest contemplated and explicitly added support for- > specifically, if you set --archive-copy (or archive-copy=true) and > disable compression (or decompress everything before you start PG), then > you can just start PG from the backup and it'll perform the necessary > recovery from the WAL and start up. We considered this an interesting > use-case and used it extensively and have maintained support for it. Well, the release I've downloaded from https://github.com/wal-g/wal-g/releases does not seem to have the --archive-copy option. > > All that said, of course, this limits the ability to do typical PITR, Why? If you configure recovery_target_time and restore_command, it's all the same, isn't it? No matter if you have WAL archives in pg_wal, but it's better to have them. > but at least it gives you a consistent backup which you can start PG > from. > -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/
