Re: pgbackrest with no PITR option configuraton

You also have a mis-spelling in the archive_command which I'm guessing is
why it failed. Needs to be:

archive_command="/bin/true"

On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM Ghiurea, Isabella <
> Isabella(dot)Ghiurea(at)nrc-cnrc(dot)gc(dot)ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>>
>> My requirement is to use pgbackrest for running full PG backups only no
>> need for PITR.
>>
>> How to configure this in archive_command configuration parameter for
>> pgbackrest conf.
>>
>> seems pgbackrest always asks for archive_mode =on but I assume in
>> archive_commnad I can instruct to not use/generate the WAL files. I
>> trieded archive_command="/bint/rue" but getting error.
>>
>> Any other suggestions ?
>>
>>
>
> "PgBackrest without PITR" sounds like pg_basebackup.
>
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