AW: AW: [Extern] Re: postgres restore & needed history files

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 13. Januar 2023 11:25
> An: Zwettler Markus (OIZ) <Markus.Zwettler@zuerich.ch>; pgsql-
> general@lists.postgresql.org
> Betreff: Re: AW: [Extern] Re: postgres restore & needed history files
> 
> On Thu, 2023-01-12 at 16:50 +0000, Zwettler Markus (OIZ) wrote:
> > What would you do in case of a disaster when all history files in
> > pg_wal are gone and also deleted in the backup due to the backup retention?
> 
> Easy.  Take a new base backup immediately and don't try to restore a backup that
> was taken on an earlier timeline.
> 
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe


Hope I got you right.

You meant the latest backup within the latest timeline is always working even if the latest history files are gone.

Thanks, Markus