On 5/10/23 03:41, Dhirendra Singh wrote:
Hi All,
I am taking backup using pg_basebackup for the purpose of point in time
recovery in case something goes wrong with the data.
The backup generates pg_wal.tar.gz which contains the wal file generated
during the backup.
Is it of any use in the point in time recovery? do i have to archive it?
According to the documentation, any wal files in pg_wal directory has to
be deleted after the base backup is restored and before the recovery starts.
So if i understand it correctly, pg_wal.tar.gz is not required for point
in time recovery...but just want to confirm if my understanding is correct.
My sole purpose of taking the backup is for point in time recovery. I am
not going to use it to create a standby server.
Use a dedicated tool instead of writing your own. I like PgBackRest, but
there are others.
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