Re: [GENERAL] Incremental / Level -1 backup in PG - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Karsten Hilbert
Subject Re: [GENERAL] Incremental / Level -1 backup in PG
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Msg-id 20170322104502.ajl2j7msdblpvpoc@hermes.hilbert.loc
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] Incremental / Level -1 backup in PG  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 08:43:00PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:

> Do not try to implement an incremental backup solution using
> simple/naive tools like rsync with timestamp-based incrementals.  It is
> not safe.

... as long as the server is *running*.

So, "stop" the server when using $RSYNC for $BACKUP.

After which the OPs question becomes entirely
independant from PostgreSQL as such, of course.

Karsten
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