Re: Is pg_basebackup also for "regular" backups?

"Daniel Serodio (lists)" <daniel.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:06:52 -0300

Magnus Hagander wrote:

  On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Daniel Serodio (lists)
<daniel.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

  I was reading the documentation for pg_basebackup and it states that
resulting backups "can be used both for point-in-time recovery and as the
starting point for a log shipping or streaming replication standby servers".

Should pg_basebackup also be used for "regular" backups, or only for
PITR/streaming replication?

  It's for "regular backups", based off PITR.

I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "based off PITR". Do I 
need PITR enabled in order to use pg_basebackup, or do you mean that I 
won't lose the ability to use PITR after restoring from a backup created
 with pg_basebackup, or do you mean something else?

Regards,

Daniel Serodio