Added a note to the docs that pg_start_backup can take a long time to
finish now that we spread out checkpoints:
*** doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml1 Feb 2007 00:28:16 - 2.97
--- doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml28 Jun 2007 11:44:20 -
***
*** 672,678
It does not matter which database within the cluster you connect
to to
issue this command. You can ignore the result returned by the
function;
! but if it reports an error, deal with that before proceeding.
--- 672,682
It does not matter which database within the cluster you connect
to to
issue this command. You can ignore the result returned by the
function;
! but if it reports an error, deal with that before proceeding.
Note that
! pg_start_backup can take a long time to finish. It performs a
checkpoint,
! and if one is already running it has to wait for it to finish
first. You
! can adjust checkpoint_completion_target to
perform the
! checkpoints more aggressively.
--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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