| From: | "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> |
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| To: | "Simon Riggs *EXTERN*" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Tom Lane *EXTERN*" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: backup_label and server start |
| Date: | 2007-11-21 15:29:57 |
| Message-ID: | D960CB61B694CF459DCFB4B0128514C293D3DD@exadv11.host.magwien.gv.at |
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> That will make PITRs fail:
>
> 1. pg_start_backup()
> 2. backup
> 3. shutdown, removes backup_label
> 4. pg_stop_backup()
>
> step 4 will now fail because of a missing backup_label file.
Wait a minute:
pg_stop_backup() will also fail in the current setup,
because after recovery backup_label gets renamed
to backup_label.old.
So what do we lose if we remove (or rename) backup_label
on a clean server shutdown?
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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