On 2024-Jan-17, Amul Sul wrote: > This helps to identify the correct database server and/or backup for the > subsequent backup operations. pg_verifybackup validates the manifest system > identifier against the backup control file and fails if they don’t match. > Similarly, pg_basebackup increment backup will fail if the manifest system > identifier does not match with the server system identifier. The > pg_combinebackup is already a bit smarter -- checks the system identifier > from > the pg_control of all the backups, with this patch the manifest system > identifier also validated.
Hmm, okay, but what if I take a full backup from a primary server and later I want an incremental from a standby, or the other way around? Will this prevent me from using such a combination? -- Álvaro Herrera PostgreSQL Developer — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/ "You're _really_ hosed if the person doing the hiring doesn't understand relational systems: you end up with a whole raft of programmers, none of whom has had a Date with the clue stick." (Andrew Sullivan) https://postgr.es/m/20050809113420.gd2...@phlogiston.dyndns.org
