You can ignore contents of pg_xlog is you are running WAL archiving. You can skip postmaster.pid and pg_log but make sure that you recreate pg_log in the target.
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:13 PM, A B <gentosa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello. > > I just wanted to check with you, the experts, on what directories to > include in the basebackup (following > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/continuous-archiving.html) > > I should include these: > > base/ > global/ > pg_clog/ > pg_multixact/ > pg_stat_tmp/ > pg_subtrans/ > pg_tblspc/ > pg_twophase/ > PG_VERSION > pg_xlog/ > postmaster.opts > > > and I can skip > > pg_log/ > postmaster.pid > > Right? > > What about pg_xlog/ directory? Is that really needed? I store the WAL > file in another place already, or should pg_xlog be included just in > case it will be more recent if crash-recovery i possible? > > -- > Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin >
