On 2/19/18 3:41 PM, Don Seiler wrote: > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:17 AM, David Steele <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > If pg_log is symlinked to PGDATA it will be copied. pg_xlog is not > copied in any backup. > > > So an external pg_log directory symlinked into $PGDATA will have its log > contents copied? Yes. > I'm curious, why even copy the pg_log logs? They aren't needed for > database restore or recovery. The general philosophy is to copy everything except what we know for sure can be excluded. In practice, this means sticking to what pg_basebackup excludes because that list is vetted by the community. Also, relocating the log directory is easy using the log_directory setting, so that's what I recommend if it's an issue. Some users do want to backup their logs. -- -David david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
