On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:19 AM, <jkemp(at)arinc(dot)com> wrote:
> After troubleshooting some legacy backup/restore scripts in our
> infrastructure it became clear a useful bit of information is missing from
> the "24.3.4. Recovering Using a Continuous Archive Backup" section. Earlier
> in this section there is a mention that the backup_label file is critical
> but no mention of how it is used. I propose the second sentence of step #8
> be modified so it reads “The server will go into recovery mode and proceed
> to read through the archived WAL files it needs as identified in the
> backup_label file.” This would make it clear that the backup_label file is
> used during the restore process rather than being an informational file that
> is available if needed.
This sounds like a good suggestion. Attached is a patch.
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Michael