Hello, On 19/03/2016 15:41, Yi, Yi wrote: > Hello, > > I had an issue with the behavior of pg_basebackup command. I was convinced previously that pg_basebackup command always made the binary copy of the database cluster files of the postgres master. However, I recently noticed that pg_basebackup did not copy the the replication slot object of the master, in comparison with the fact that the copy-command-based-backup did copy the replication slot object. Is this difference designed on purpose ? > Yes. > Considering the difference mentioned above, I'm wandering that is there anything else that the pg_basebackup would NOT copy from the master ? > In other words, what is the no-copying rules of pg_basebackup ? > The full list is documented here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/protocol-replication.html Regards. > Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. > > Best Regards. > -- Julien Rouhaud http://dalibo.com - http://dalibo.org -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general