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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index 6eaed1efbe9..d7df91090db 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -1420,7 +1420,8 @@ restore_command = 'cp /mnt/server/archivedir/%f %p' <para> If more flexibility in copying the backup files is needed, a lower level process can be used for standalone hot backups as well. - To prepare for low level standalone hot backups, set <varname>wal_level</> to + To prepare for low level standalone hot backups, make sure + <varname>wal_level</> is set to <literal>replica</> or higher, <varname>archive_mode</> to <literal>on</>, and set up an <varname>archive_command</> that performs archiving only when a <emphasis>switch file</> exists. For example: |