Re: lost data, possible playback? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: lost data, possible playback?
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In response to Re: lost data, possible playback?  (Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net>)
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On Dec 6, 2007 11:11 AM, Palle Girgensohn <girgen@pingpong.net> wrote:
> > So, I *must* have an image of the entire database, and I *must* have all
> > WAL files since the image snapshot was taken?
>
> Is the real reason for the negative answer that there is a "hole" in the
> pg_xlogs from 3 am - 9 am?

No, the problem is that you don't have a system image from before the
problem occurred.  You need a file system backup from before the
delete occurred, and a set of logs from the time the file system
backup occurred until the accidental delete occurred.

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