"Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM> writes:
>> It should be sufficient to force a checkpoint when you
>> start and when you're done --- altering normal operation in between is
>> a bad design.
> But you have to prevent log files reusing while you copy data files.
No, I don't think so. If you are using PITR then you presumably have
some process responsible for archiving off log files on a continuous
basis. The backup process should leave that normal operational behavior
in place, not muck with it.
regards, tom lane