Re: [GENERAL] pg_start/stop_backup naming conventions

2017-10-10 Thread Stephen Frost
Greetings, * mj0nes (matthew.jo...@ramtech.co.uk) wrote: > I'm just starting out on a rolling backup strategy and the naming convention > has thrown me slightly for the WAL and "backup_label" files. > > What I want to do is pair up the backup label files with the associated tar > ball of the data

Re: [GENERAL] pg_start/stop_backup naming conventions

2017-10-09 Thread David G. Johnston
On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:33 AM, mj0nes wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just starting out on a rolling backup strategy and the naming > convention > has thrown me slightly for the WAL and "backup_label" files. > ​[...]​ > Thanks for any pointers. > ​I'll give out the standard advice - don't roll-your-own

[GENERAL] pg_start/stop_backup naming conventions

2017-10-09 Thread mj0nes
Hi, I'm just starting out on a rolling backup strategy and the naming convention has thrown me slightly for the WAL and "backup_label" files. What I want to do is pair up the backup label files with the associated tar ball of the data directory. When I first ran pg_start_backup('label'), I naivel