On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 05:54, PG Doc comments form <nore...@postgresql.org> wrote:
> > Only since Postgres 10, one can take backup of wals along with full backup > (in tar format) using pg_basebackup > > ERROR: > pg_basebackup: WAL streaming can only be used in plain mode > Try "pg_basebackup --help" for more information > > You dont see that error since Postgres 10 instead you see a separate tar > file for wals. > ... because this is a new feature that was introduced in version 10. "Allow pg_basebackup to stream write-ahead log in tar mode" [1] [1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/release-10.html -- Euler Taveira http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services