From: | Olivier Leprêtre <o(dot)lepretre(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | "'pgsql-admin'" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | RE: virtualized snapshots and PITR |
Date: | 2017-12-14 08:44:42 |
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As I was not aware of this command I searched for it and found this interesting blog.
https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/what-does-pg_start_backup-do/
Olivier
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De : Laurenz Albe [mailto:laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at]
Envoyé : jeudi 14 décembre 2017 09:19
À : PropAAS DBA; pgsql-admin
Objet : Re: virtualized snapshots and PITR
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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