Re: pgbackrest wiht arcchive mode off /no PITR configuration

If you aren't going to have archive_mode on, why not just
use pg_basebackup? Not backing up archivelogs kind of defeats the purpose
of using pgbackrest in my opinion.

Best Regards,
Tim

On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM Ghiurea, Isabella <
Isabella(dot)Ghiurea(at)nrc-cnrc(dot)gc(dot)ca> wrote:

> Hi List.
> I have a requirement to use pgabackrest to run ONLY full backups with no
> need need for PITR in PG cluster 17.5
>
> I tried several configuration options seems that archive_mode can not be
> set to "off" for pgbackrest to run, is this correct ?
>
>
> I tried unsuccessfully : archive_mode = on with
> archive_command = '/bin/true'
>
> Second unsuccessfully configuration : archive_mode =on with
> archive_command='cp %p /tmp/pgbackrest-archive/%f'
>
>
> Can you suggest a working solution for my requirements ?
>
>