Обсуждение: BUG #13599: Backup/Restore Documentation Bug
The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 13599 Logged by: Joe Kemp Email address: jkemp@arinc.com PostgreSQL version: 9.4.0 Operating system: N/A Description: After troubleshooting some legacy backup/restore scripts in our infrastructure it became clear a useful bit of information is missing from the "24.3.4. Recovering Using a Continuous Archive Backup" section. Earlier in this section there is a mention that the backup_label file is critical but no mention of how it is used. I propose the second sentence of step #8 be modified so it reads âThe server will go into recovery mode and proceed to read through the archived WAL files it needs as identified in the backup_label file.â This would make it clear that the backup_label file is used during the restore process rather than being an informational file that is available if needed.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 12:19 AM, <jkemp@arinc.com> wrote: > After troubleshooting some legacy backup/restore scripts in our > infrastructure it became clear a useful bit of information is missing from > the "24.3.4. Recovering Using a Continuous Archive Backup" section. Earlier > in this section there is a mention that the backup_label file is critical > but no mention of how it is used. I propose the second sentence of step #8 > be modified so it reads “The server will go into recovery mode and proceed > to read through the archived WAL files it needs as identified in the > backup_label file.” This would make it clear that the backup_label file is > used during the restore process rather than being an informational file that > is available if needed. This sounds like a good suggestion. Attached is a patch. -- Michael