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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_combinebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_combinebackup.sgml index 658e9a759c8..c21160a195b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_combinebackup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_combinebackup.sgml @@ -45,12 +45,16 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </para> <para> - Although <application>pg_combinebackup</application> will attempt to verify + <application>pg_combinebackup</application> will attempt to verify that the backups you specify form a legal backup chain from which a correct - full backup can be reconstructed, it is not designed to help you keep track - of which backups depend on which other backups. If you remove the one or - more of the previous backups upon which your incremental - backup relies, you will not be able to restore it. + full backup can be reconstructed. However, it is not designed to help you + keep track of which backups depend on which other backups. If you remove + the one or more of the previous backups upon which your incremental + backup relies, you will not be able to restore it. Moreover, + <application>pg_combinebackup</application> only attempts to verify that the + backups have the correct relationship to each other, not that each + individual backup is intact; for that, use + <xref linkend="app-pgverifybackup" />. </para> <para> |