Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Mikael Krantz <mk(at)zigamorph(dot)se>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file
Date: 2009-05-15 11:58:34
Message-ID: 1242388714.3843.699.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 12:56 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:

> There is no particular reason to send history files to the archive,
> since new ones are only ever generated at the end of an archive
> recovery.

It also clears up a long standing confusion between backup history files
and timeline history files. The backup history file(s) do need to go to
the archive, whereas the timeline file(s) do not.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support

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