Re: Howto run PG 8.0 Online Backup

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Renê Salomão <rene(at)ibiz(dot)com(dot)br>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Howto run PG 8.0 Online Backup
Date: 2004-08-19 17:16:01
Message-ID: 200408191716.i7JHG1L23806@candle.pha.pa.us
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Ren Salomo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently involved in determing if PG 8.0 fulfill our
> expectations and it is applicable to upgrade our current versions of Pg
> 7.4& 7.3 into 8.xx...
> So far so good...
> My problem right now is concerning about online
> backup... According to manual, I'm supposed to set up
> archive_command(archive_command='cp %p /path/%f'), start backup
> (select pg_start_backup('label')), and stop backup (select
> pg_start_backup())... Question is: does PG copy according to
> archive_command by itself or I'm responsable to manually copy files?

The copies are done automatically using the command line you supplied.

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