Re: Problem with PITR recovery

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Ragnar Hafstað <gnari(at)simnet(dot)is>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Problem with PITR recovery
Date: 2005-04-18 17:41:16
Message-ID: 200504181741.j3IHfGM03663@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > I guess I didn't see the connection between the file system backup and
> > the WAL files, when in fact you need the WAL files that go with the file
> > system badckup to do the recovery. Do you have new suggested text?
>
> I think it probably needs to mention *both* the tar dump and the WAL
> segment file(s). I can take a whack at it if you like.

I modified the sentence to say:

Once you have safely archived the file system backup and the WAL segment
files used during the backup (as specified in the backup history file),
you can delete all archived WAL segments with names numerically less.

Feel free to whack it a second time.

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