On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > Robert Haas wrote: >> At least as I understand it, even when not using >> archive_mode, streaming replication, or hot standby, it's still >> perfectly legal to use pg_start_backup() to take a hot backup. > > Nope. The correct procedure to take a hot backup is described in > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-TIPS. > It involves setting archive_mode=on, and archive_command to a shell > command that normally just returns true, except when backup is in > progress. You can't take a hot backup without archiving (or streaming) > at least temporarily. (except with filesystem-level snapshot capabilities).
Oh. Well, in that case the proposed change seems reasonable... but what do you mean by "except with filesystem-level snapshot capabilities"? ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
