Re: Cold backup with rsync -- WAL files?

From: Jeff Frost <jeff(at)pgexperts(dot)com>
To: Craig James <cjames(at)emolecules(dot)com>
Cc: Payal Singh <payal(at)omniti(dot)com>, "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Cold backup with rsync -- WAL files?
Date: 2013-12-06 19:34:05
Message-ID: B36E5875-ACB1-4FCF-AF5E-10F2C901F77B@pgexperts.com
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> On Dec 6, 2013, at 11:07, Craig James <cjames(at)emolecules(dot)com> wrote:
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> After I rsync the postgres data directory, do I need the WAL files from the source (they're on a separate disk, not part of the postgres data directory)? Can/should I erase the WAL directory of the destination?

Yes, you need the WAL files.

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