Re: Restoring a PITR backup - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Restoring a PITR backup
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Msg-id 8292.1144771542@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Restoring a PITR backup  ("Just Someone" <just.some@gmail.com>)
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"Just Someone" <just.some@gmail.com> writes:
> The documentation say that a recovery.conf file is needed for the
> restore. My tests indicate that I can just restore the backup, copy
> over the latest WAL files and launch postgres. Is that ok? Can I just
> use this way?

If by "latest" you mean "all the WAL files since the backup was made",
it'd probably work.

            regards, tom lane

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