Re: allowing wal_level change at run time

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: allowing wal_level change at run time
Date: 2015-08-19 15:56:22
Message-ID: 20150819155622.GD10770@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2015-08-19 17:51:47 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> That's doable - but what about manual base backups? And if they don't go
> away, what about the ones that are generated by the
> nightly/weekly/hourly/whatever "pg_basebackup -x" ones?

Good questions. I guess we could just make do_pg_start_backup() elevate
the WAL level (using a fixed slot name or some other mechanism) he first
time they're run, until there's explicit admin action.

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