Hi, Team ! Some more clarification about pg_basebackup which should be available in the documentation:
- if pg_basebackup works between different versions of the same OS (ex. RHEL8 and RHEL9) - if pg_basebackup works between different types of OS Linux (ex. RHEL10 and Debian13) or OS Windows (ex. Windows 2016 and Windows 2019) - if pg_basebackup works between different types of OS (ex. Ubuntu 24.04 and Windows 2022) - if pg_basebackup works between different platforms (ex. Linux on amd64 and Linux on arm64) - if pg_basebackup works between 32-bit OS and 64-bit OS best regards, Alexey Shishkin [image: image.png] *Alexey Shishkin* Technical Account Manager EDB Software GmbH [email protected] www.enterprisedb.com <https://enterprisedb.com/> On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM David G. Johnston < [email protected]> wrote: > > > On Monday, December 29, 2025, PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> - to clarify how pg_basebackup works with servers of the same or older >> major >> version > > > There is no “how”, it just does. The documentation is versioned and “it” > means the binary produced by that version. > > >> - to clearly specify pg_basebackup cannot be used for PostgreSQL major >> version upgrade > > > The page clearly states what a backup can be used for and upgrade is not > listed. > > David J. > >
