snapshot backup with WAL files - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Isabella Ghiurea
Subject snapshot backup with WAL files
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Msg-id 4E32D339.50804@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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Responses Re: snapshot backup with WAL files  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
Re: snapshot backup with WAL files  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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Hello Gurus,
I would like to configure  our Pg db for OS  file system snapshot backup
with Pg  WAL files, need to know if would be enough in pg db   to call :
|*SELECT* *pg_start_backup*('pitr_backup');
and next take the snapshot  and after
pg_stop the backup and close the WAL files . During this time  the full
pg  db read/writes will continue.
Are any loss of data we should may be aware during this backup procedure?
env :RHES-64 bits with LVM directories, PG 9.0, the db size >150GB
Thank you
Isabella

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