On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Rob Adams <robfadams@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The docs for Making a Base Backup (tar) say that it can be done live without > stopping the server: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-BASE-BACKUP > (step #3) > > However, the docs for straight File System Level Backup (tar) say the server > must be shut down: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/backup-file.html > (restriction #1) > > Is this because replaying the WAL files will fix any of the issues listed in > the File System Level Backup restriction #1? Yes
