Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com> writes:
> Unless I misread his earlier post, he is starting the backup, copying files, stopping the backup, and expecting those
transactions(between start & stop) to be applied, even though files changed during that time (including WAL files) have
notall been copied. Again, unless I misread his earlier post, he is *not* copying WAL that was generated between start
&stop.
If that's the case, it just plain won't work. You can either shut down
the postmaster and copy a static set of files, or you can apply WAL to a
base backup that was taken from a live database. There is no way to get
consistent results from a backup of a live database without applying all
the WAL that was generated while the backup was being taken.
regards, tom lane
