[pgpool-general: 5825] Re: Trasforming old primary to new standby: is it possible to copy only new data with rsync (incremental copy)?

[PropAAS DBA]

We have done this:


1) run pg_start_backup on the master

2) rsync the data

3) run pg_stop_backup on the master




On 11/27/2017 10:49 AM, Giancarlo Celli wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a db of several GB. Currently to transform an old primary 
> server to become a new standby server I use Pg_basebackup erasing 
> first the PD_DATA. But in this case the copy of the entire DB takes a 
> long time.
> Using rsync would it be possible to avoid deleting the previous 
> PG_DATA and making a copy of only the new data?
> Thanks!
> Best regards.
>
> Giancarlo
>
>
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