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Enterprise Postgres 17 Installation and Setup Guide for Server

4.6.10 pgBackRest

4.6.10.1 Setting Up pgBackRest

  1. Install pgBackRest.

    To use the pgbackrest command on the same host as the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres server, install pgBackRest using the server program DVD. If you want to use the pgbackrest command on a different host than the Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres server, install pgBackRest using the client program DVD.

  2. Set the environment variable PATH for pgBackRest.

    The pgBackRest material is stored under /opt/fsepv<x>pgbackrest. Set the environment variable PATH to the storage location/bin of the pgBackRest material to be used.

    $ export PATH=/opt/fsepv<x>pgbackrest/bin:$PATH
  3. Perform pgBackRest setup.

    Refer to " User Guides " in the pgBackRest website (https://pgbackrest.org/) for details.

Note

  • This feature is not available for instances created with WebAdmin. It is available only for operation using server commands.

  • The pg_rman, pgx_dmpall, and pgx_rcvall commands cannot be used when using pgBackRest because of conflicting shell commands to set archive_command.

4.6.10.2 Removing pgBackRest

  1. Sets parameters in the postgresql.conf file.

    Reverses the information specified during setup

  2. Restart Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres.

  3. If it was set to perform periodic backups, unset it.

4.6.10.3 Servers to which pgBackRest can connect

The following table lists server that pgBackRest can connected to.

Table 4.1 Connectable server

OS

Product name

Linux

Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres Advanced Edition 17