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1 | 1 | <!-- |
2 | | -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.64 2005/04/18 17:40:40 momjian Exp $ |
| 2 | +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.65 2005/04/19 01:39:50 momjian Exp $ |
3 | 3 | --> |
4 | 4 | <chapter id="backup"> |
5 | 5 | <title>Backup and Restore</title> |
@@ -741,13 +741,15 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup(); |
741 | 741 | <literal>0000000100001234000055CD.007C9330.backup</>. (The second |
742 | 742 | number in the file name stands for an exact position within the WAL |
743 | 743 | file, and can ordinarily be ignored.) Once you have safely archived |
744 | | - the file system backup and the WAL segment files used during the |
745 | | - backup (as specified in the backup history file), you can delete all |
746 | | - archived WAL segments with names numerically less. Keep in mind that |
747 | | - only completed WAL segment files are archived, so there will be delay |
748 | | - between running <function>pg_stop_backup</> and the archiving of |
749 | | - all WAL segment files needed to make the file system backup |
750 | | - consistent. |
| 744 | + the file system backup and the WAL segment files used during the |
| 745 | + backup (as specified in the backup history file), all archived WAL |
| 746 | + segments with names numerically less are no longer needed to recover |
| 747 | + the file system backup and may be deleted. However, you should |
| 748 | + consider keeping several backup sets to be absolutely certain that |
| 749 | + you are can recover your data. Keep in mind that only completed WAL |
| 750 | + segment files are archived, so there will be delay between running |
| 751 | + <function>pg_stop_backup</> and the archiving of all WAL segment |
| 752 | + files needed to make the file system backup consistent. |
751 | 753 | </para> |
752 | 754 | <para> |
753 | 755 | The backup history file is just a small text file. It contains the |
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