Re: Am I missing something about the output of pg_stop_backup()? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ben
Subject Re: Am I missing something about the output of pg_stop_backup()?
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.64.0707101547120.27105@localhost.localdomain
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In response to Re: Am I missing something about the output of pg_stop_backup()?  (Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>)
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Ah, perfect, that's what I was looking for. Thanks!

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Greg Smith wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Ben wrote:
>
>>> "The backup history file is just a small text file. It contains the label
>>> string you gave to pg_start_backup, as well as the starting and ending
>>> times and WAL segments of the backup.
>
>> For instance, in the case when the backup history file from the previous
>> backup is, for some reason, still around, but the backup history file from
>> the current run has yet to be written, then I'd backup more WAL files than
>> I need.
>
> You should give each backup a unique label (normally today's date suffices)
> and confirm that the history file you find has that label in it. That's how
> you prevent this class of problem.  If you don't find the label you expect in
> the history, abort the whole thing because your backup didn't happen
> correctly.
>
> --
> * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD
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