Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file
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Msg-id 1242388714.3843.699.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file
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On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 12:56 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:

> There is no particular reason to send history files to the archive,
> since new ones are only ever generated at the end of an archive
> recovery.

It also clears up a long standing confusion between backup history files
and timeline history files. The backup history file(s) do need to go to
the archive, whereas the timeline file(s) do not.

-- Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.comPostgreSQL Training, Services and Support



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