Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-17 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > Magnus Hagander writes: >> This is copied from the old documentation. It used to say "It is not >> necessary to be concerned about the amount of time elapsed between >> pg_start_backup and the start of the actual backup, nor between the

Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-16 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
Magnus Hagander writes: > This is copied from the old documentation. It used to say "It is not > necessary to be concerned about the amount of time elapsed between > pg_start_backup and the start of the actual backup, nor between the > end of the backup and pg_stop_backup". > > And the whole idea

Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-15 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > Magnus Hagander writes: >> -    The procedure for making a base backup is relatively simple: >> +    The easiest way to perform a base backup is to use the >> +     tool. It can create >> +    a base backup either as regular files or as a

Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-15 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
Magnus Hagander writes: > -The procedure for making a base backup is relatively simple: > +The easiest way to perform a base backup is to use the > + tool. It can create > +a base backup either as regular files or as a tar archive. If more > +flexibility than can provide is >

Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-15 Thread Magnus Hagander
On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Dimitri Fontaine > wrote: >> Please let's apply that documentation patch to 9.2 too. > > Agreed. Here's a patch that does the first two things. Does not attempt a tl;tr section yet. Also adds a subheader for

Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-14 Thread Robert Haas
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > Please let's apply that documentation patch to 9.2 too. Agreed. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make c

Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-13 Thread Dimitri Fontaine
Magnus Hagander writes: > I would like to see that page changed to list pg_basebackup as the > "default" way of doing base backups, and then list the "manual way" as > an option if you need more flexibility. +1 > I'd also like to add "pg_basebackup -x" under standalone hot backups, > again as th

Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-05 Thread Kevin Grittner
Magnus Hagander wrote: > In reference to: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/continuous-archiving.html > > I would like to see that page changed to list pg_basebackup as the > "default" way of doing base backups, and then list the "manual > way" as an option if you need more flexibilit

Re: [HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-05 Thread Simon Riggs
On 5 June 2012 14:43, Magnus Hagander wrote: > In reference to: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/continuous-archiving.html > > I would like to see that page changed to list pg_basebackup as the > "default" way of doing base backups, and then list the "manual way" as > an option if you

[HACKERS] Backup docs

2012-06-05 Thread Magnus Hagander
In reference to: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/continuous-archiving.html I would like to see that page changed to list pg_basebackup as the "default" way of doing base backups, and then list the "manual way" as an option if you need more flexibility. The reason being that for the ma