Re: BUG #15638: pg_basebackup with --wal-method=stream incorrectlygenerates WAL segment created during backup

On 2/19/19 9:08 PM, Andre Piwoni wrote:

By the way, you can assert this structure, including now explained diff in WAL segment taken during backup, for fetch vs stream WAL method by creating master and then creating new slave by taking base backup using both methods:

pg_basebackup -h new_slave -D /var/lib/pgsql/10/data -v -P -R -U replication --wal-method=stream

pg_basebackup -h new_slave -D /var/lib/pgsql/10/data -v -P -R -U replication --wal-method=fetch

I have verified on different versions of PostgreSQL the identity of conflict segments received from master node and from pg_basebackup --wal-method=stream. On PG11+ they are binary identical. However on PG10 and lower the segments are binary different. The logical content are the same while meaningless tails differ.

In case of pg_basebackup --wal-method=fetch the segments are entirely the same. And this case doesn't produce any problem in archiving.
I think the backup tools as well as custom archive scripts have to take account of these points.

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Regards,
Maksim Milyutin