On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 05:54, PG Doc comments form <nore...@postgresql.org>
wrote:

>
> Only since Postgres 10, one can take backup of wals along with full backup
> (in tar format) using pg_basebackup
>
> ERROR:
> pg_basebackup: WAL streaming can only be used in plain mode
> Try "pg_basebackup --help" for more information
>
> You dont see that error since Postgres 10 instead you see a separate tar
> file for wals.
>

... because this is a new feature that was introduced in version 10.

"Allow pg_basebackup to stream write-ahead log in tar mode" [1]

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/release-10.html


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