Re: PITR timeline question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PITR timeline question
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Msg-id 25066.1154635272@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to PITR timeline question  (Jim Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
Responses Re: PITR timeline question  (Jim Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
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Jim Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com> writes:
> If you're using multiple timelines with PITR, do you have to re-copy
> all the data files into the cluster every time you start a new
> timeline? Or can you copy the data files out of the backup once, and
> then perform multiple recoveries, each to different timelines?

The only way to "roll time backwards" is to replace the data directory
with a backup, so if I understand your question correctly, the answer
is no.

            regards, tom lane

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