On 9/18/15 3:44 PM, Michael Chau wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Only if you are very lucky. If your tar command tars up the pg_xlog directory as the last thing it does, then you are probably going to be OK. Otherwise, it is a crap shoot.
May be that's it. I have another similar set up, but the pg_xlog is a
soft link to another directory, and I use 'tar -chvzf'. It tar up the
pg_xlog at the very last. And the restore is fine.
This is still not always safe. It depends on your wal_keep_segments
settings and some luck. WAL segments can be recycled during the backup.
For this one, DB1 and DB2, the pg_xlog is the directory itself, and I
use 'tar -cvzf'. And it tar up pg_xlog at the beginning. I always have
doubt about it. But I though pg_stop_backup() and pg_start_backup() like
freezing would prevent the inconsistency.
This is definitely not a good idea.
Indeed, I will look inot pgbasebackup.
pg_basebackup is good for creating replicas but for real backup you
might want to consider purpose-built backup software like pgBackRest or
barman.
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-David
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