On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 18:53, sodik <stanislav.miklik+pg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > is there any way how to check that postgres 9.1 is currently in backup > mode? You can check the existence of the "backup_label" file in your data directory. If it's there, then a backup is in progress. If your monitoring system is on a diferent server from the database, then you can create a custom procedure to check for this file and call it via SQL. Regards, Marti -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general