Re: PostgreSQL Stand By Database Server backup (without using pg_basebackup)

girish R G peetle wrote:
> We want to perform File System based backup of PostgreSQL Standby Database server.
>
> For Primary server we perform backup of data directory after invoking pg_start_backup, once this is
> done, execute pg_stop_backup and backup archived transaction logs.
>
> We are not able to follow same procedure for Standby server as pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup
> cannot be executed on stand by.
>
>
> I am aware that pg_basebackup utility can be used to perform backup of standby but we don't want to
> use this utility. ( As backup of data directory is handled by third party backup vendor)
>
> In this case what is the recommended way to backup standby database server (without using
> pg_basebackup utility) ?

You can issue pg_start_backup on the primary, then take a file system backup
of the standby, then run pg_stop_backup on the primary and collect the archived logs
from the primary.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe