pgman wrote: > I figured that part of the goal of PITR was that you could recover from > just the tar backup and archived WAL files --- using the pg_xlog > contents is nice, but not something we can require. > > I understood the last missing WAL log would cause missing information, > but not that it would make the tar backup unusable. > > It would be nice if we could force a new WAL file on pg_stop_backup() > and archive the WAL file needed to match the tar file. How hard would > that be?
Added to TODO: * Force archiving of partially-full WAL files when pg_stop_backup() is called or the server is stopped -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
