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Improved check command to run on a standby.

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Only basic checks are done because pg_switch_xlog() cannot be executed on a replica.

Contributed by Cynthia Shang.
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Cynthia Shang
2016-12-21 14:35:20 -05:00
committed by David Steele
parent 974a02dbe4
commit 56144c99c0
10 changed files with 74 additions and 33 deletions
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lib/pgBackRest/Config/ConfigHelpData.pm
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@@ -983,7 +983,8 @@ my $oConfigHelpData =
"The check command validates that pgBackRest and the archive_command setting are configured correctly for " .
"archiving and backups. It detects misconfigurations, particularly in archiving, that result in incomplete " .
"backups because required WAL segments did not reach the archive. The command can be run on the database or " .
"the backup host.\n" .
"the backup host. The command may also be run on the standby host, however, since pg_switch_xlog() cannot " .
"be performed on the standby, the command will only test the repository configuration.\n" .
"\n" .
"Note that pg_create_restore_point('pgBackRest Archive Check') and pg_switch_xlog() are called to force " .
"PostgreSQL to archive a WAL segment. Restore points are only supported in PostgreSQL >= 9.1 so for older " .