| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | vidyasagarps(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Can take filesystem bkp of pg data folder when server is running |
| Date: | 2018-01-26 04:59:56 |
| Message-ID: | a831f2b5-ded2-65aa-5488-988b3dc63663@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 1/23/18 01:00, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/backup-file.html
> Description:
>
> I am running postgresql 10 on mac and was experimenting on backup and
> restore features of PG 10
> I certainly can take FS backup of the cluster with TAR when server is
> running and with ACTIVE client connections [dummy begin; statement]
>
> This seems against the documented explanation for FS backup method and its
> limitation.
>
> Is there something I am missing here?
It might work sometimes, especially if you are trying it on a dummy
setup, but it's not going to work in general.
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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