Re: The backup API and general purpose backup software

2020-06-22 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2020-06-21 17:35:41 -0500, Ron wrote: > On 6/21/20 10:45 AM, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > On 2020-06-21 10:32:16 -0500, Ron wrote: > > > On 6/21/20 8:28 AM, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > > > To make a full backup with the "new" (non-exclusive) API, a software > > > > must do the following > > > > >

Re: The backup API and general purpose backup software

2020-06-21 Thread Ron
On 6/21/20 10:45 AM, Peter J. Holzer wrote: On 2020-06-21 10:32:16 -0500, Ron wrote: On 6/21/20 8:28 AM, Peter J. Holzer wrote: To make a full backup with the "new" (non-exclusive) API, a software must do the following 1. open a connection to the database 2. invoke pg_start_backup('label', fa

Re: The backup API and general purpose backup software

2020-06-21 Thread Peter J. Holzer
On 2020-06-21 10:32:16 -0500, Ron wrote: > On 6/21/20 8:28 AM, Peter J. Holzer wrote: > > To make a full backup with the "new" (non-exclusive) API, a software > > must do the following > > > > 1. open a connection to the database > > > > 2. invoke pg_start_backup('label', false, false) in the con

Re: The backup API and general purpose backup software

2020-06-21 Thread Ron
Peter, I don't understand that last step "5. copy the result from the previous step to the backup medium."  It seems to be a duplication of "3. copy the contents of the data directory to the backup medium". On 6/21/20 8:28 AM, Peter J. Holzer wrote: This is inspired by the thread with the su

The backup API and general purpose backup software

2020-06-21 Thread Peter J. Holzer
This is inspired by the thread with the subject "Something else about Redo Logs disappearing", but since that thread is already quite long, since I have lost track what exactly "Peter"'s problem is and since his somewhat belligerent tone makes it unappealing to reread the whole thread I'll attempt