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From Jeff Frost
Subject Re: Cold backup with rsync -- WAL files?
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Msg-id B36E5875-ACB1-4FCF-AF5E-10F2C901F77B@pgexperts.com
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In response to Cold backup with rsync -- WAL files?  (Craig James <cjames@emolecules.com>)
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> On Dec 6, 2013, at 11:07, Craig James <cjames@emolecules.com> wrote:
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> After I rsync the postgres data directory, do I need the WAL files from the source (they're on a separate disk, not
partof the postgres data directory)?  Can/should  I erase the WAL directory of the destination? 

Yes, you need the WAL files.

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