Re: Incrementally Updated Backups - Mailing list pgsql-general

Gabe Nell wrote:
> > That section has been removed from the current 9.0 docs because we are
> > unsure it works.
>
> Hmm. So the only way to make a consistent backup from a standby server
> is to shut down the standby first? Or is even that problematic?
>
> Would it change anything if we are able to guarantee that the
> filesystem is snapshotted as a point-in-time snapshot by using LVM or
> on Amazon EC2 by snapshotting an EBS volume?

I believe a snapshot of the standby is fine even if it is running, just
like on the master.

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