Re: WAL archiving

Thanks a lot Vishal for the info.

I have one more query postgres automatically cleans the WAL files
present in the pg_xlog directory....right?
So instead of me creating a separate folder as i've done in my current
settings (wal_log), should i need to change the archive_command to point
to pg_xlog directly.

In this way i can avoid a separate process of deleting old files.

Please let me know if my understanding is right.

Thanks and Regards,
Shilpa

Vishal Arora wrote:
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> > Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:53:35 +1030
> > From: ssudhakar(at)internode(dot)com(dot)au
> > To: aroravishal22(at)hotmail(dot)com
> > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] WAL archiving
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> > Hi Vishal,
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> > Below is the setup in the postgresql.conf file
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> > fsync = true # turns forced synchronization on or off
> > wal_sync_method = fsync # the default varies across platforms:
> > #wal_buffers = 8 # min 4, 8KB each
> > #commit_delay = 0 # range 0-100000, in microseconds
> > #commit_siblings = 5 # range 1-1000
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> > # - Checkpoints -
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> > checkpoint_segments = 3 # in logfile segments, min 1, 16MB each
> > checkpoint_timeout = 300 # range 30-3600, in seconds
> > checkpoint_warning = 30 # 0 is off, in seconds
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> > # - Archiving -
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> > archive_command = 'cp -i %p /usr/local/var/pgsql/data/wal_log/%f'
> > # command to use to archive a logfile segment
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> > Since this is the test system i've put the wal_log folder in the data
> > folder itself. But, later on i'll be moving this to a different disk.
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> > We have thousands and thousands of records that get inserted and
> updated
> > so the wal logs would be increasing in a large rate. I was thinking
> if i
> > want to delete the wal logs after a period of time, do i take a base
> > backup again and then delete those old files?
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> Not required actually. Once you have base backup and Archived WAL in
> place, you need not take a base backup again. In case of a crash you
> just have to restore from the base backup and the server would start
> in restore mode. In restore.conf file you have to specify the
> restore_command - which would point towards the archived WAL files.
> Yes Once the WAL has been archived you can delete the old WAL files,
> which is also done by the postgres itself. It replaces the old(not
> required) WAL files with the new one.
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> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Shilpa
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> > Vishal Arora wrote:
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> > > Hi Shilpa,
> > >
> > > You need not take base backup again and again. You have WAL
> Archiveing
> > > in place, that is enough to restore the database. BTW, what archiving
> > > command are you using for WAL Archiving in you postgresql.conf.
> > >
> > > - Vishal
> > >
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> > > > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:53:25 +1030
> > > > From: ssudhakar(at)internode(dot)com(dot)au
> > > > To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > > > Subject: [ADMIN] WAL archiving
> > > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > I am new to postgres and have been slowly learning the concepts.
> > > >
> > > > Regarding WAL archiving, we first take a base backup and then
> save all
> > > > the wal logs for PITR.
> > > >
> > > > Both the base backup and wal logs are stored in another disk.
> > > >
> > > > Since the wal logs keep increasing, do we take the base backup
> every
> > > now
> > > > and then so that we can delete the old log files?
> > > > How often do we take a base filesystem backup keeping in mind
> that our
> > > > systems are 24 x 7.
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions are appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks and Regards,
> > > > Shilpa
> > > >
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