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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml7
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
index 5d2cf5e5c9d..8b79b8f82f7 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
@@ -814,12 +814,13 @@ SELECT pg_stop_backup();
<para>
You can also use the <xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"> tool to take
- the backup, instead of manually copying the files. This tool will take
- care of the <function>pg_start_backup()</>, copy and
+ the backup, instead of manually copying the files. This tool will do
+ the equivalent of <function>pg_start_backup()</>, copy and
<function>pg_stop_backup()</> steps automatically, and transfers the
backup over a regular <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> connection
using the replication protocol, instead of requiring filesystem level
- access.
+ access. pg_basebackup does not interfere with filesystem level backups
+ taken using <function>pg_start_backup()</>/<function>pg_stop_backup()</>.
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index f4f78fbbfc5..7ec14dc887a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</para>
<para>
- Only one backup can be concurrently active in
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, meaning that only one instance of
- <application>pg_basebackup</application> can run at the same time
- against a single database cluster.
+ There can be multiple pg_basebackups running at the same time, but it is
+ better from a performance point of view to take only one backup, and copy
+ the the result.
</para>
</refsect1>