Re: Pgbackrest specifying the default DB necessary/correct way ?

Very helpful.

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 5:51 PM Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 1:39 AM KK CHN <kkchn(dot)in(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> In this DB server I have other databases than the default "edb"
>> database. Specifying the above line as pg1-database=edb // I am
>> not sure this line is necessary or not ?
>>
>
> The pgbackrest process needs to connect to the database, which means it
> needs a user and database. You need this variable if you do not have the
> default database, "postgres". If you have a database named postgres, you
> can leave this out. Otherwise, yes, it is necessary.
>
> pg1-database=edb // specifying like this, will it block other databases
>> on this server to get backed up ? IF yes how can I overcome this ?
>>
>
> pgBackRest works on a cluster level, so *all* the databases are backed up.
> Indeed, it is not possible to only backup some of the databases. It's the
> whole cluster.
>
> ( I am just learning and exploring PgbackRest) found online some
>> reference configurations so using like this )
>
>
> Probably best to stick to the official docs; this section in particular is
> worth a read:
>
> https://pgbackrest.org/user-guide-rhel.html
>
> Cheers,
> Greg
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