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From Laurenz Albe
Subject Re: AW: [Extern] Re: postgres restore & needed history files
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In response to AW: [Extern] Re: postgres restore & needed history files  ("Zwettler Markus (OIZ)" <Markus.Zwettler@zuerich.ch>)
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On Thu, 2023-01-12 at 16:50 +0000, Zwettler Markus (OIZ) wrote:
> What would you do in case of a disaster when all history files in pg_wal are gone
> and also deleted in the backup due to the backup retention?

Easy.  Take a new base backup immediately and don't try to restore a backup
that was taken on an earlier timeline.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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