Re: pg_start_backup without WAL archiving

From: "Jeff Larsen" <jlar310(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_start_backup without WAL archiving
Date: 2007-11-25 15:33:10
Message-ID: d1f9b6f00711250733p25df13e3u4f4d4014654533d3@mail.gmail.com
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On Nov 25, 2007 8:24 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> Why is it not allowed to call pg_start_backup when WAL archiving is off?
> Wouldn't this be useful as a discrete file system backup without PITR
> capability?

Because a file system level backup is no good unless the database is
stopped, or you are using PITR.

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