On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> I see it would work like this: Add a new option to recovery.conf,
> perhaps two_phase_backup = on. Startup creates a file called
> backup_in_progress then waits. When second phase of backup is complete
> (7b), delete the file and then Startup process will continue. Very few
> lines of code to make this work.
Where do you think the WAL files shipped before doing (7b) are stored?
If it's pg_xlog, the disk full failure would occur in the standby. If
it's an archive, restore_command would have to be supplied the same as
my idea.
Regards,
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