Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file

From: "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>
To: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file
Date: 2021-12-02 21:31:53
Message-ID: BA0B4F94-92C4-470B-81BC-4922A4668B34@amazon.com
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On 12/2/21, 9:50 AM, "David Steele" <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> wrote:
> On 12/2/21 12:38, David Steele wrote:
>> On 12/2/21 11:00, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>>>
>>> Should we really be getting rid of
>>> PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster::backup_fs_hot() ?
>>
>> Agreed, it would be better to update backup_fs_hot() to use exclusive
>> mode and save out backup_label instead.
>
> Oops, of course I meant non-exclusive mode.

+1. I'll fix that in the next revision.

Nathan

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