PropAAS DBA wrote:
> we have a client using veeam to do vmware snapshots of the db servers,
> unfortunately as far as I can tell any restore of a veeam snapshot also
> restores the state, which means the db gets restored in an online state.
> As far as I know, once the db is online we cannot force it back into
> recovery mode to do a PITR recovery, correct?
>
> Anyone know of a way to do PITR recoveries with veeam?
It is fairly simple.
Before the snapshot, run
SELECT pg_start_backup('label of your choice', TRUE);
After the snapshot, run
SELECT pg_stop_backup();
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
