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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/backup-manifest.sgml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml | 7 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup-manifest.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup-manifest.sgml index 771be1310a1..d5ec244834e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup-manifest.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup-manifest.sgml @@ -37,7 +37,22 @@ <term><literal>PostgreSQL-Backup-Manifest-Version</literal></term> <listitem> <para> - The associated value is always the integer 1. + The associated value is an integer. Beginning in + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> <literal>17</literal>, + it is <literal>2</literal>; in older versions, it is <literal>1</literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term><literal>System-Identifier</literal></term> + <listitem> + <para> + The database system identifier of the + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> instance where the backup was + taken. This field is present only when + <literal>PostgreSQL-Backup-Manifest-Version</literal> is + <literal>2</literal>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml index 36335e0a188..a3f167f9f6e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml @@ -53,9 +53,10 @@ PostgreSQL documentation Backup verification proceeds in four stages. First, <literal>pg_verifybackup</literal> reads the <literal>backup_manifest</literal> file. If that file - does not exist, cannot be read, is malformed, or fails verification - against its own internal checksum, <literal>pg_verifybackup</literal> - will terminate with a fatal error. + does not exist, cannot be read, is malformed, fails to match the system + identifier with <filename>pg_control</filename> of the backup directory or + fails verification against its own internal checksum, + <literal>pg_verifybackup</literal> will terminate with a fatal error. </para> <para> |