On 02/13/2014 03:01 PM, Scott Ribe wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2014, at 1:37 AM, Jürgen Fuchsberger <juergen.fuchsberger@uni-graz.at> wrote:
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>> So am I doing something wrong or are the WAL files really needed?
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> If you're backing up a live server, and there is activity during the backup...
I know, but I am backing up a shut down server.
Juergen
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> You're missing step 1.5: select pg_start_backup('whatever') on the server.
>