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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2010-11-24 23:41:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2010-11-24 23:41:28 +0000 |
| commit | 7276ab5888d85782d988fc297ad2e176c7ad1bca (patch) | |
| tree | a014e3351d1a5882d67d6b833d5ce58c093f71ff | |
| parent | ba11258ccbf364d85de48b8b7fd46953ea7bb4f4 (diff) | |
Document that a CHECKPOINT before taking a file system snapshot can
reduce recovery time.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index 3ce6fffb05d..db7c8349148 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -383,6 +383,8 @@ tar -cf backup.tar /usr/local/pgsql/data on the backed-up data, it will think the previous server instance crashed and will replay the WAL log. This is not a problem; just be aware of it (and be sure to include the WAL files in your backup). + You can perform a <command>CHECKPOINT</command> before taking the + snapshot to reduce recovery time. </para> <para> |