pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct

From: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct
Date: 2010-04-28 10:40:15
Message-ID: x2u3f0b79eb1004280340wd6bfc33bv57fb5e567364c995@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> This doesn't contain any changes to pg_start_backup() yet, that's a
> separate issue and still under discussion.

I'm thinking of changing pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup so that
they just check that wal_level >= 'archive', and changing pg_stop_backup
so that it doesn't wait for archiving when archive_mode is OFF.

This change is very simple and enables us to take a base backup for SR
even if archive_mode is OFF. Thought?

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center

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