On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 20:33, Gilles Darold <gilles.dar...@dalibo.com> wrote: > After some time searching for a Pg system administration function like > pg_is_in_recovery(), let's say pg_is_in_backup(), I couldn't find one. > The minor patch attached here adds this administrative function that can > be used with others backup control functions. This is a very little > patch outside documentation because the function is only a wrapper to > the internal BackupInProgress() function, just like pg_is_in_recovery() > is calling RecoveryInProgress().
I think it would be more useful to have a function that returns a timestamp when the backup started. That way, it's possible to write a generic monitoring script that alerts the sysadmin only when a backup has been running for too long, but is silent for well-behaved backups. Regards, Marti -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
