Commit 606c3845 authored by Alvaro Herrera's avatar Alvaro Herrera

Glossary: Add term "base backup"

Author: Jürgen Purtz <juergen@purtz.de>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/95f90a5d-7692-701d-2c0c-0c88eb5cea7d@purtz.de
parent a0b2d583
...@@ -178,6 +178,19 @@ ...@@ -178,6 +178,19 @@
</glossdef> </glossdef>
</glossentry> </glossentry>
<glossentry id="glossary-basebackup">
<glossterm>Base Backup</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A binary copy of all
<glossterm linkend="glossary-db-cluster">database cluster</glossterm>
files. It is generated by the tool <xref linkend="app-pgbasebackup"/>.
In combination with WAL files it can be used as the starting point
for recovery, log shipping, or streaming replication.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="glossary-bloat"> <glossentry id="glossary-bloat">
<glossterm>Bloat</glossterm> <glossterm>Bloat</glossterm>
<glossdef> <glossdef>
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