| From: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> |
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| To: | PropAAS DBA <dba(at)propaas(dot)com>, pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: virtualized snapshots and PITR |
| Date: | 2017-12-14 08:19:00 |
| Message-ID: | 1513239540.2442.22.camel@cybertec.at |
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PropAAS DBA wrote:
> we have a client using veeam to do vmware snapshots of the db servers,
> unfortunately as far as I can tell any restore of a veeam snapshot also
> restores the state, which means the db gets restored in an online state.
> As far as I know, once the db is online we cannot force it back into
> recovery mode to do a PITR recovery, correct?
>
> Anyone know of a way to do PITR recoveries with veeam?
It is fairly simple.
Before the snapshot, run
SELECT pg_start_backup('label of your choice', TRUE);
After the snapshot, run
SELECT pg_stop_backup();
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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