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authorMagnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>2017-04-01 17:20:05 +0200
committerMagnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>2017-04-01 17:27:12 +0200
commit2843d5d657be9e32d65b00b930d81293614c6979 (patch)
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parent0ef26bb394abedb2745bd838c26ecb3131682bda (diff)
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Back-patch checkpoint clarification docs and pg_basebackup updates
This backpatches 51e26c9 and 7220c7b, including both documentation updates clarifying the checkpoints at the beginning of base backups and the messages in verbose and progress mdoe of pg_basebackup. Author: Michael Banck Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/21444.1488142764%40sss.pgh.pa.us
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml10
-rw-r--r--src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c11
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index c26239076d8..f17c2d21228 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--checkpoint=<replaceable class="parameter">fast|spread</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
- Sets checkpoint mode to fast or spread (default) (see <xref linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup">).
+ Sets checkpoint mode to fast (immediate) or spread (default) (see <xref linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup">).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -569,6 +569,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<title>Notes</title>
<para>
+ At the beginning of the backup, a checkpoint needs to be written on the
+ server the backup is taken from. Especially if the option
+ <literal>--checkpoint=fast</literal> is not used, this can take some time
+ during which <application>pg_basebackup</application> will be appear
+ to be idle.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
The backup will include all files in the data directory and tablespaces,
including the configuration files and any additional files placed in the
directory by third parties. But only regular files and directories are
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
index 2748f58106f..60ead91a9da 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
@@ -1643,6 +1643,14 @@ BaseBackup(void)
if (maxrate > 0)
maxrate_clause = psprintf("MAX_RATE %u", maxrate);
+ if (verbose)
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ _("%s: initiating base backup, waiting for checkpoint to complete\n"),
+ progname);
+
+ if (showprogress && !verbose)
+ fprintf(stderr, "waiting for checkpoint\r");
+
basebkp =
psprintf("BASE_BACKUP LABEL '%s' %s %s %s %s %s %s",
escaped_label,
@@ -1680,6 +1688,9 @@ BaseBackup(void)
strlcpy(xlogstart, PQgetvalue(res, 0, 0), sizeof(xlogstart));
+ if (verbose)
+ fprintf(stderr, _("%s: checkpoint completed\n"), progname);
+
/*
* 9.3 and later sends the TLI of the starting point. With older servers,
* assume it's the same as the latest timeline reported by