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From: KK CHN <[email protected]>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-general <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Pgbackrest specifying the default DB necessary/correct way ?
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:12:42 +0530
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Very helpful.

On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 5:51 PM Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 1:39 AM KK CHN <[email protected]> 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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