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Subject: RE: virtualized snapshots and PITR
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:44:42 +0100
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As I was not aware of this command I searched for it and found this interes=
ting blog.

https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/what-does-pg_start_backup-do/

Olivier

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Laurenz Albe [mailto:laurenz.albe@cybertec.at] 
Envoy=C3=A9 : jeudi 14 d=C3=A9cembre 2017 09:19
=C3=80 : PropAAS DBA; pgsql-admin
Objet : Re: virtualized snapshots and PITR

PropAAS DBA wrote:
> we have a client using veeam to do vmware snapshots of the db servers, 
> unfortunately as far as I can tell any restore of a veeam snapshot 
> also restores the state, which means the db gets restored in an online st=
ate.
> As far as I know, once the db is online we cannot force it back into 
> recovery mode to do a PITR recovery, correct?
> 
> Anyone know of a way to do PITR recoveries with veeam?

It is fairly simple.

Before the snapshot, run

   SELECT pg_start_backup('label of your choice', TRUE);

After the snapshot, run

   SELECT pg_stop_backup();

Yours,
Laurenz Albe


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