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| author | Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> | 2017-02-26 21:27:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> | 2017-02-26 21:31:54 +0100 |
| commit | 51e26c9c3d2904b65041fc4a19c72c62508f63d4 (patch) | |
| tree | 7b681c907c72cd50873a04f9b3ee94c85c4cba6c /doc/src/sgml/ref | |
| parent | caa6c1f193a9ab4b4fb9b8687f41e6d66bbeaade (diff) | |
Clarify the role of checkpoint at the begininng of base backups
Output a message about checkpoint starting in verbose mode of
pg_basebackup, and make the documentation state more clearly that this
happens.
Author: Michael Banck
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml index c9dd62c1415..e1cec9d60fa 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml @@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <term><option>--checkpoint=<replaceable class="parameter">fast|spread</replaceable></option></term> <listitem> <para> - Sets checkpoint mode to fast or spread (default) (see <xref linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup">). + Sets checkpoint mode to fast (immediate) or spread (default) (see <xref linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup">). </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -660,6 +660,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <title>Notes</title> <para> + At the beginning of the backup, a checkpoint needs to be written on the + server the backup is taken from. Especially if the option + <literal>--checkpoint=fast</literal> is not used, this can take some time + during which <application>pg_basebackup</application> will be appear + to be idle. + </para> + + <para> The backup will include all files in the data directory and tablespaces, including the configuration files and any additional files placed in the directory by third parties, except certain temporary files managed by |