Re: backup manifests
Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>
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API reference →
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Try to avoid compiler warnings in optimized builds.
- 05021a2c0cd2 13.0 landed
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Fix option related issues in pg_verifybackup.
- 0a89e93bfaa6 13.0 landed
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Add index term for backup manifest in documentation.
- 4db819ba4039 13.0 landed
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Code review for backup manifest.
- a2ac73e7be7a 13.0 landed
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Document the backup manifest file format.
- 149f2ae88ab0 13.0 landed
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Fix typo in pg_validatebackup documentation.
- c4f82a779d26 13.0 landed
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Exclude backup_manifest file that existed in database, from BASE_BACKUP.
- 1ec50a81ec0a 13.0 landed
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Msys2 tweaks for pg_validatebackup corruption test
- c3e4cbaab936 13.0 landed
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Fix resource management bug with replication=database.
- 3e0d80fd8d3d 13.0 cited
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Be more careful about time_t vs. pg_time_t in basebackup.c.
- db1531cae009 13.0 cited
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pg_validatebackup: Fix 'make clean' to remove tmp_check.
- 9f8f881caa0f 13.0 landed
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pg_validatebackup: Also use perl2host in TAP tests.
- 460314db08e8 13.0 landed
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Generate backup manifests for base backups, and validate them.
- 0d8c9c1210c4 13.0 landed
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Add checksum helper functions.
- c12e43a2e0d4 13.0 landed
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pg_waldump: Add a --quiet option.
- ac44367efbef 13.0 landed
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Catversion bump for b9b408c48724
- afb5465e0cfc 13.0 cited
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pg_basebackup: Refactor code for reading COPY and tar data.
- 431ba7bebf13 13.0 landed
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Use a ResourceOwner to track buffer pins in all cases.
- 3cb646264e8c 12.0 cited
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Use ARMv8 CRC instructions where available.
- f044d71e331d 11.0 cited
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Logical replication support for initial data copy
- 7c4f52409a8c 10.0 cited
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Use Intel SSE 4.2 CRC instructions where available.
- 3dc2d62d0486 9.5.0 cited
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Switch to CRC-32C in WAL and other places.
- 5028f22f6eb0 9.5.0 cited
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Remove support for 64-bit CRC.
- 404bc51cde9d 9.5.0 cited
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Change CRCs in WAL records from 64bit to 32bit for performance reasons.
- 21fda22ec46d 8.1.0 cited
Attachments
- 0001-docs-backup-manifests.patch (text/x-diff)
On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 03:22:23PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> I've pushed all the patches.
I didn't manage to look at this in advance but have some doc fixes.
word-diff:
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 536de9a698..d84afb7b18 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -2586,7 +2586,7 @@ The commands accepted in replication mode are:
and sent along with the backup. The manifest is a list of every
file present in the backup with the exception of any WAL files that
may be included. It also stores the size, last modification time, and
[-an optional-]{+optionally a+} checksum for each file.
A value of <literal>force-escape</literal> forces all filenames
to be hex-encoded; otherwise, this type of encoding is performed only
for files whose names are non-UTF8 octet sequences.
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ The commands accepted in replication mode are:
<term><literal>MANIFEST_CHECKSUMS</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the {+checksum+} algorithm that should be applied to each file included
in the backup manifest. Currently, the available
algorithms are <literal>NONE</literal>, <literal>CRC32C</literal>,
<literal>SHA224</literal>, <literal>SHA256</literal>,
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index c778e061f3..922688e227 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
not contain any checksums. Otherwise, it will contain a checksum
of each file in the backup using the specified algorithm. In addition,
the manifest will always contain a <literal>SHA256</literal>
checksum of its own [-contents.-]{+content.+} The <literal>SHA</literal> algorithms
are significantly more CPU-intensive than <literal>CRC32C</literal>,
so selecting one of them may increase the time required to complete
the backup.
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
of each file for users who wish to verify that the backup has not been
tampered with, while the CRC32C algorithm provides a checksum which is
much faster to calculate and good at catching errors due to accidental
changes but is not resistant to [-targeted-]{+malicious+} modifications. Note that, to
be useful against an adversary who has access to the backup, the backup
manifest would need to be stored securely elsewhere or otherwise
verified not to have been modified since the backup was taken.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_validatebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_validatebackup.sgml
index 19888dc196..748ac439a6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_validatebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_validatebackup.sgml
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</para>
<para>
It is important to note that[-that-] the validation which is performed by
<application>pg_validatebackup</application> does not and [-can not-]{+cannot+} include
every check which will be performed by a running server when attempting
to make use of the backup. Even if you use this tool, you should still
perform test restores and verify that the resulting databases work as
expected and that they[-appear to-] contain the correct data. However,
<application>pg_validatebackup</application> can detect many problems
that commonly occur due to storage problems or user error.
</para>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
a <literal>backup_manifest</literal> file in the target directory or
about anything inside <literal>pg_wal</literal>, even though these
files won't be listed in the backup manifest. Only files are checked;
the presence or absence [-or-]{+of+} directories is not verified, except
indirectly: if a directory is missing, any files it should have contained
will necessarily also be missing.
</para>
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
for any files for which the computed checksum does not match the
checksum stored in the manifest. This step is not performed for any files
which produced errors in the previous step, since they are already known
to have problems. [-Also, files-]{+Files+} which were ignored in the previous step are
also ignored in this step.
</para>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<title>Options</title>
<para>
The following command-line options control the [-behavior.-]{+behavior of this program.+}
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
index 3b18e733cd..aa72a6ff10 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/basebackup.c
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ AddFileToManifest(manifest_info *manifest, const char *spcoid,
}
/*
* Each file's entry [-need-]{+needs+} to be separated from any entry that follows by a
* comma, but there's no comma before the first one or after the last one.
* To make that work, adding a file to the manifest starts by terminating
* the most recently added line, with a comma if appropriate, but does not
--
Justin