Re: PgBackRest Full backup and N/W reliability

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 6:54 PM Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 2:21 AM KK CHN <kkchn(dot)in(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> I am doing a full backup using PgBackRest from a production server to
>> Reposerver.
>>
> ...
>
>> If so, does the backup process start again from scratch ? or it
>> resumes from where the backup process is stopped ?
>>
>
> It resumes. You will see a message like this:
>
> WARN: resumable backup 20240829-091727F of same type exists -- invalid
> files will be removed then the backup will resume
>
> Any suggestions much appreciated
>>
>
> Boost your process-max as high as you are able to speed up your backup
> time.
>
>
what will be the ideal process-max number to use ?

Once I update the process-max param in pgbackrest.conf , do I need to
stop and start the pgback rest ?

Or just editing the pgbackrest.conf on the fly will reflect the increased
process-max numbers advantage ?

Is there a limit for proces max. setting ?

> Cheers,
> Greg
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