On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 6:30 AM, Virupaksha Kanjilal
<v.kanjilal@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I perform a pg_basebackup with tar option and do not bring in the WAL
> segments created during the backup. Now I want to make the backup a
> consistent copy and for that I need the WAL segments. How can I know which
> all WAL segments to apply to bring the backup to a consistent state?
>
By "bringing backup to a consistent state", you mean "restoring from
it to a consistent state", right?
Do you have archiving turned on?
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Amit Langote