Re: pgBackRest backup from standby

El 19/02/18 a las 17:53, David Steele escribió:
> On 2/19/18 3:41 PM, Don Seiler wrote:
> 
>> I'm curious, why even copy the pg_log logs? They aren't needed for
>> database restore or recovery.
> 
> Also, relocating the log directory is easy using the log_directory
> setting, so that's what I recommend if it's an issue.  Some users do
> want to backup their logs.

I was about to reply to Don about this, but David's reply was very clear.

If you don't want the logs inside pgdata (a very wise idea, specially if
you place them on a different partition), just change the configuration GUC.

Regards,

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