From: Mikko Partio <mpartio@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Backup from a hot standby
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 08:47:20 +0200
Message-ID: <2ca799771003032247w2799229dy3381798a723d044f@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hi
I'm currently testing Pg 9.0.0 alpha 4 and the hot standby feature (with
streaming replication) is working great. I tried to take a filesystem backup
from a hot standby, but I guess that is not possible since executing "SELECT
pg_start_backup('ss')" returns an error? Or can I just tar $PGDATA and copy
the xlog files generated during the backup, since the server is in constant
recovery mode? In Oracle it is possible to take backups from a data guard
standby, which is very useful since that way making the backups does not
stress the master server.
Anyway, I must say that we are very pleased to see HS and SR features, and
we hope that 9.0.0 goes to beta (and to an official release) soon!
Regards
Mikko
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Cc: mpartio@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Backup from a hot standby
In-Reply-To: <2ca799771003032247w2799229dy3381798a723d044f@mail.gmail.com>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox