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| author | Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> | 2017-04-01 17:20:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> | 2017-04-01 17:27:12 +0200 |
| commit | 2843d5d657be9e32d65b00b930d81293614c6979 (patch) | |
| tree | bde061b410620f15c67df2c1a9dd1938d022f0c7 /doc/src | |
| parent | 0ef26bb394abedb2745bd838c26ecb3131682bda (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
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 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 |