On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 8:18 AM, David Steele <da...@pgmasters.net> wrote:
> It copies files that are not replicated from the primary so that a > primary-style backup is created. Anything that is replicated (which is > by far the bulk of the data) is copied from the standby. > OK so all data files would be copied from standby. Can you give me an example of the types of files that need to be copied from primary? > it's best to archive from the primary so a replication > failure does not affect your archiving. > Understood, just not something I can change in production primary at the moment. Hence looking to see about a quick one-off backup from standby. > Configuring pgBackRest, SSH, standby, and backup from standby are all > covered in the user guide. Thanks, I've been through it a few times and played with some test backups from primary clones. I just ditched my master/replica clone setup but I'll test there as well. I just had a couple questions about the mechanics. -- Don Seiler www.seiler.us
