barman-get-wal - Man Page

Barman Sub-Commands

Synopsis

get-wal
    [ -j ]
    [ -o  OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ]
    [ -p  VALUE ]
    [ { -P | --partial } ]
    [ { -t | --test } ]
    [ -z ]
    SERVER_NAME WAL_NAME

Description

Retrieve a WAL file from the xlog archive of a specified server. By default, if the requested WAL file is found, it is returned as uncompressed content to STDOUT.

Parameters

SERVER_NAME

Name of the server in barman node

WAL_NAME

Id of the backup in barman catalog.

-j / --bzip2

Output will be compressed using bzip2.

-z / --gzip

Output will be compressed using gzip.

--keep-compression

Do not uncompress the file content. The output will be the original compressed file.

-o

Destination directory where barman will store the WAL file.

-p

Specify an integer value greater than or equal to 1 to retrieve WAL files from the specified WAL file up to the value specified by this parameter. When using this option, get-wal returns a list of zero to the specified WAL segment names, with one name per row.

-P / --partial

Additionally, collect partial WAL files (.partial).

-t / --test

Test both the connection and configuration of the specified Postgres server in Barman for WAL retrieval. When this option is used, the required WAL_NAME argument is disregarded.

WARNING:

-z / --gzip and -j /  --bzip2 options are deprecated and will be removed in the future. For WAL compression, please make sure to enable it directly on the Barman server via the compression configuration option.

Author

EnterpriseDB

Info

Dec 09, 2024 3.12 Barman