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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml163
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml2
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml16
3 files changed, 179 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 87586a7b069..dd4a668eea6 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -376,6 +376,14 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structname>pg_stat_progress_basebackup</structname><indexterm><primary>pg_stat_progress_basebackup</primary></indexterm></entry>
+ <entry>One row for each WAL sender process streaming a base backup,
+ showing current progress.
+ See <xref linkend='basebackup-progress-reporting'/>.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
@@ -3535,7 +3543,10 @@ SELECT pg_stat_get_backend_pid(s.backendid) AS pid,
certain commands during command execution. Currently, the only commands
which support progress reporting are <command>ANALYZE</command>,
<command>CLUSTER</command>,
- <command>CREATE INDEX</command>, and <command>VACUUM</command>.
+ <command>CREATE INDEX</command>, <command>VACUUM</command>,
+ and <xref linkend="protocol-replication-base-backup"/> (i.e., replication
+ command that <xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"/> issues to take
+ a base backup).
This may be expanded in the future.
</para>
@@ -4336,6 +4347,156 @@ SELECT pg_stat_get_backend_pid(s.backendid) AS pid,
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="basebackup-progress-reporting">
+ <title>Base Backup Progress Reporting</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Whenever an application like <application>pg_basebackup</application>
+ is taking a base backup, the
+ <structname>pg_stat_progress_basebackup</structname>
+ view will contain a row for each WAL sender process that is currently
+ running <command>BASE_BACKUP</command> replication command
+ and streaming the backup. The tables below describe the information
+ that will be reported and provide information about how to interpret it.
+ </para>
+
+ <table id="pg-stat-progress-basebackup-view" xreflabel="pg_stat_progress_basebackup">
+ <title><structname>pg_stat_progress_basebackup</structname> View</title>
+ <tgroup cols="3">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Column</entry>
+ <entry>Type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>pid</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><type>integer</type></entry>
+ <entry>Process ID of a WAL sender process.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>phase</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><type>text</type></entry>
+ <entry>Current processing phase. See <xref linkend="basebackup-phases" />.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>backup_total</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Total amount of data that will be streamed. If progress reporting
+ is not enabled in <application>pg_basebackup</application>
+ (i.e., <literal>--progress</literal> option is not specified),
+ this is <literal>0</literal>. Otherwise, this is estimated and
+ reported as of the beginning of
+ <literal>streaming database files</literal> phase. Note that
+ this is only an approximation since the database
+ may change during <literal>streaming database files</literal> phase
+ and WAL log may be included in the backup later. This is always
+ the same value as <structfield>backup_streamed</structfield>
+ once the amount of data streamed exceeds the estimated
+ total size.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>backup_streamed</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Amount of data streamed. This counter only advances
+ when the phase is <literal>streaming database files</literal> or
+ <literal>transfering wal files</literal>.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>tablespaces_total</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Total number of tablespaces that will be streamed.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><structfield>tablespaces_streamed</structfield></entry>
+ <entry><type>bigint</type></entry>
+ <entry>
+ Number of tablespaces streamed. This counter only
+ advances when the phase is <literal>streaming database files</literal>.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
+
+ <table id="basebackup-phases">
+ <title>Base backup phases</title>
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>Phase</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>initializing</literal></entry>
+ <entry>
+ The WAL sender process is preparing to begin the backup.
+ This phase is expected to be very brief.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>waiting for checkpoint to finish</literal></entry>
+ <entry>
+ The WAL sender process is currently performing
+ <function>pg_start_backup</function> to set up for
+ taking a base backup, and waiting for backup start
+ checkpoint to finish.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>estimating backup size</literal></entry>
+ <entry>
+ The WAL sender process is currently estimating the total amount
+ of database files that will be streamed as a base backup.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>streaming database files</literal></entry>
+ <entry>
+ The WAL sender process is currently streaming database files
+ as a base backup.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>waiting for wal archiving to finish</literal></entry>
+ <entry>
+ The WAL sender process is currently performing
+ <function>pg_stop_backup</function> to finish the backup,
+ and waiting for all the WAL files required for the base backup
+ to be successfully archived.
+ If either <literal>--wal-method=none</literal> or
+ <literal>--wal-method=stream</literal> is specified in
+ <application>pg_basebackup</application>, the backup will end
+ when this phase is completed.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><literal>transferring wal files</literal></entry>
+ <entry>
+ The WAL sender process is currently transferring all WAL logs
+ generated during the backup. This phase occurs after
+ <literal>waiting for wal archiving to finish</literal> phase if
+ <literal>--wal-method=fetch</literal> is specified in
+ <application>pg_basebackup</application>. The backup will end
+ when this phase is completed.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </table>
</sect2>
</sect1>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
index 80275215e04..f139ba02312 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/protocol.sgml
@@ -2465,7 +2465,7 @@ The commands accepted in replication mode are:
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id="protocol-replication-base-backup" xreflabel="BASE_BACKUP">
<term><literal>BASE_BACKUP</literal> [ <literal>LABEL</literal> <replaceable>'label'</replaceable> ] [ <literal>PROGRESS</literal> ] [ <literal>FAST</literal> ] [ <literal>WAL</literal> ] [ <literal>NOWAIT</literal> ] [ <literal>MAX_RATE</literal> <replaceable>rate</replaceable> ] [ <literal>TABLESPACE_MAP</literal> ] [ <literal>NOVERIFY_CHECKSUMS</literal> ]
<indexterm><primary>BASE_BACKUP</primary></indexterm>
</term>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
index fc9e222f8d0..fc9ba2e8b00 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_basebackup.sgml
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ Whenever <application>pg_basebackup</application> is taking a base
+ backup, the <structname>pg_stat_progress_basebackup</structname>
+ view will report the progress of the backup.
+ See <xref linkend="basebackup-progress-reporting"/> for details.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -459,6 +466,15 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
This may make the backup take slightly longer, and in particular it
will take longer before the first data is sent.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Whether this is enabled or not, the
+ <structname>pg_stat_progress_basebackup</structname> view
+ report the progress of the backup in the server side. But note
+ that the total amount of data that will be streamed is estimated
+ and reported only when this option is enabled. In other words,
+ <literal>backup_total</literal> column in the view always
+ indicates <literal>0</literal> if this option is disabled.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>