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Re: is the base backup protocol used by out-of-core tools?

Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>

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From: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Etsuro Fujita <etsuro.fujita@gmail.com>
Date: 2022-02-09T20:05:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 2:02 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 3:14 AM Kyotaro Horiguchi
> <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for pining.  AFAICS, as you see, pg_rman doesn't talk
> > basebackup protocol (nor even pg_basebackup command) as it supports
> > inremental backup.  So there's no issue about the removal of old
> > syntax on our side.
>
> Cool. Since the verdict here seems pretty unanimous and we've heard
> from a good number of backup tool authors, I'll give this another day
> or so and then commit, unless objections emerge before then.

Late to the game, but here's another +1.

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 Magnus Hagander
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Commits

  1. Remove server support for the previous base backup protocol.

  2. Remove server support for old BASE_BACKUP command syntax.

  3. Modify pg_basebackup to use a new COPY subprotocol for base backups.

  4. Flexible options for BASE_BACKUP.