Marco Colombo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Am I right in assuming that the following procedure is ok?
> 1) issue pg_start_backup(); > 2) copy (or tar or cpio) the data dir, w/o pg_xlog/ > 3) issue pg_stop_backup(); > 4) copy (or tar or cpio) pg_xlog/ contents. No. You have to have an actual archive_command script copying the WAL segments somewhere else when told to. An asynchronous copy of the xlog directory will be nothing but garbage, because we recycle WAL segments as fast as we can (ie, as soon as the archive_command claims to have saved the data). 1) 2) and 3) are OK, but you need to use archive_command to collect the xlog segments. Actually ... given your low requirements, I wonder why you don't just stop the postmaster, tar the datadir, start the postmaster. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly