Re: Is pg_basebackup also for "regular" backups?

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Daniel Serodio (lists)
> <daniel(dot)lists(at)mandic(dot)com(dot)br> wrote:
>> I was reading the documentation for pg_basebackup and it states that
>> resulting backups "can be used both for point-in-time recovery and as the
>> starting point for a log shipping or streaming replication standby servers".
>>
>> Should pg_basebackup also be used for "regular" backups, or only for
>> PITR/streaming replication?
>
> It's for "regular backups", based off PITR.
>
I'm sorry, I don't understand what you mean by "based off PITR". Do I
need PITR enabled in order to use pg_basebackup, or do you mean that I
won't lose the ability to use PITR after restoring from a backup created
with pg_basebackup, or do you mean something else?

Regards,
Daniel Serodio