Document that a CHECKPOINT before taking a file system snapshot can
reduce recovery time. Patch attached and applied.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ It's impossible for everything to be true. +
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index 3ce6fff..db7c834 100644
*** /tmp/eckWga_backup.sgml Wed Nov 24 18:40:43 2010
--- doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml Wed Nov 24 18:37:06 2010
*************** tar -cf backup.tar /usr/local/pgsql/data
*** 383,388 ****
--- 383,390 ----
on the backed-up data, it will think the previous server instance
crashed and will replay the WAL log. This is not a problem; just
be aware of it (and be sure to include the WAL files in your backup).
+ You can perform a <command>CHECKPOINT</command> before taking the
+ snapshot to reduce recovery time.
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