Re: pg_basebackup --incremental

Note that pg_basebackup is single-threaded, and not encrypted.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM Sam Stearns <sam(dot)stearns(at)dat(dot)com> wrote:

> Thanks very much, Serkan. We'll have a look.
>
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM Serkan Akdemir <osmosyum(at)hotmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
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>> I created a script for incremental backup+merge on PostgreSQL 17+ It
>> creates a full backup and later (next run) incremental backups. Incremental
>> backups are merged to full backup with script, so you have always updated
>> full backup. Disclaimer:
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>> I created a script for incremental backup+merge on PostgreSQL 17+
>> It creates a full backup and later (next run) incremental backups.
>> Incremental backups are merged to full backup with script, so you have
>> always updated full backup.
>> Disclaimer: use it at your own risk.
>>
>> Simple usage is:
>> # first backup should be full
>> pg_backup.sh --mode=fulll
>>
>> # then inc
>> pg_backup.sh --mode=fincremental
>>
>> medium-resources/pg_backup.sh at main · rdnkrkmz/medium-resources
>> <https://github.com/rdnkrkmz/medium-resources/blob/main/pg_backup.sh>
>> github.com
>> <https://github.com/rdnkrkmz/medium-resources/blob/main/pg_backup.sh>
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>> <https://github.com/rdnkrkmz/medium-resources/blob/main/pg_backup.sh>
>> <https://github.com/rdnkrkmz/medium-resources/blob/main/pg_backup.sh>
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>> On 28 Oct 2025, at 20:42, Sam Stearns <sam(dot)stearns(at)dat(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> We're running version 17.6. Would anyone be able to point me to, or
>> provide, some sample use cases / scripts / usage to deploy a pg_basebackup
>> full + --incremental strategy as a backup solution, please?
>>
>> This will be used temporarily as we are migrating to RDS soon which is
>> why we're not going with pgBackRest.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sam
>>
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