Re: PostgreSQL File System Based Backup Restartability

From: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com>
To: girish R G peetle <giri(dot)anamika0(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL File System Based Backup Restartability
Date: 2015-02-18 20:16:52
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girish R G peetle <giri(dot)anamika0(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> What if a file that got partially copied disappears (say it
> belonged to a table n table was dropped ) when I resume backup.
> Should I mark this partially copied file invalid in backup media ?

It doesn't much matter. WAL replay will delete the file if found,
and must tolerate a missing file.

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Kevin Grittner
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