I tried (and finally succeeded) to do a base backup tonight using pg_basebackup. I was backing up a server that had no activity on it. The backup connected but no data was transferring, both ends sitting idle. It finally occurred to me to try a manual checkpoint and it then the backup took off and completed.
According to 24.3 in the docs, pg_start_backup() performs a checkpoint. So I was surpassed that using the pg_baseback utility I had to manual kick a checkpoint before the transfer would start. Is this correct behavior? alan fwiw, invocation: pg_basebackup -P --xlog —host=XXXXX --pgdata=pgsql --user=replicate -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
