Provided by: barman_2.3-2_all 
NAME
barman - Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL
SYNOPSIS
barman [OPTIONS] COMMAND
DESCRIPTION
Barman is an administration tool for disaster recovery of PostgreSQL servers written in Python and
maintained by 2ndQuadrant. Barman can perform remote backups of multiple servers in business critical
environments and helps DBAs during the recovery phase.
OPTIONS
-v, --version
Show program version number and exit.
-q, --quiet
Do not output anything. Useful for cron scripts.
-h, --help
Show a help message and exit.
-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
Use the specified configuration file.
COMMANDS
Important: every command has a help option
archive-wal SERVER_NAME
Get any incoming xlog file (both through standard archive_command and streaming replication, where
applicable) and moves them in the WAL archive for that server. If necessary, apply compression
when requested by the user.
cron Perform maintenance tasks, such as enforcing retention policies or WAL files management.
list-server
Show all the configured servers, and their descriptions.
show-server SERVER_NAME
Show information about SERVER_NAME, including: conninfo, backup_directory, wals_directory and many
more. Specify all as SERVER_NAME to show information about all the configured servers.
status SERVER_NAME
Show information about the status of a server, including: number of available backups,
archive_command, archive_status and many more. For example:
Server quagmire:
Description: The Giggity database
Passive node: False
PostgreSQL version: 9.3.9
pgespresso extension: Not available
PostgreSQL Data directory: /srv/postgresql/9.3/data
PostgreSQL 'archive_command' setting: rsync -a %p barman@backup:/var/lib/barman/quagmire/incoming
Last archived WAL: 0000000100003103000000AD
Current WAL segment: 0000000100003103000000AE
Retention policies: enforced (mode: auto, retention: REDUNDANCY 2, WAL retention: MAIN)
No. of available backups: 2
First available backup: 20150908T003001
Last available backup: 20150909T003001
Minimum redundancy requirements: satisfied (2/1)
check SERVER_NAME
Show diagnostic information about SERVER_NAME, including: Ssh connection check, PostgreSQL
version, configuration and backup directories, archiving process, streaming process, replication
slots, etc. Specify all as SERVER_NAME to show diagnostic information about all the configured
servers.
--nagios
Nagios plugin compatible output
diagnose
Collect diagnostic information about the server where barman is installed and all the configured
servers, including: global configuration, SSH version, Python version, rsync version, as well as
current configuration and status of all servers.
backup SERVER_NAME
Perform a backup of SERVER_NAME using parameters specified in the configuration file. Specify all
as SERVER_NAME to perform a backup of all the configured servers.
--immediate-checkpoint
forces the initial checkpoint to be done as quickly as possible. Overrides value of the
parameter immediate_checkpoint, if present in the configuration file.
--no-immediate-checkpoint
forces to wait for the checkpoint. Overrides value of the parameter immediate_checkpoint,
if present in the configuration file.
--reuse-backup [INCREMENTAL_TYPE]
Overrides reuse_backup option behaviour. Possible values for INCREMENTAL_TYPE are:
• off: do not reuse the last available backup;
• copy: reuse the last available backup for a server and create a copy of the unchanged
files (reduce backup time);
• link: reuse the last available backup for a server and create a hard link of the
unchanged files (reduce backup time and space);
link is the default target if --reuse-backup is used and INCREMENTAL_TYPE is not
explicited.
--retry-times
Number of retries of base backup copy, after an error. Used during both backup and
recovery operations. Overrides value of the parameter basebackup_retry_times, if present
in the configuration file.
--no-retry
Same as --retry-times 0
--retry-sleep
Number of seconds of wait after a failed copy, before retrying. Used during both backup
and recovery operations. Overrides value of the parameter basebackup_retry_sleep, if
present in the configuration file.
-j , --jobs
Number of parallel workers to copy files during backup. Overrides value of the parameter
parallel_jobs, if present in the configuration file.
list-backup SERVER_NAME
Show available backups for SERVER_NAME. This command is useful to retrieve a backup ID. For
example:
servername 20111104T102647 - Fri Nov 4 10:26:48 2011 - Size: 17.0 MiB - WAL Size: 100 B
In this case, *20111104T102647* is the backup ID.
show-backup SERVER_NAME BACKUP_ID
Show detailed information about a particular backup, identified by the server name and the backup
ID. See the Backup ID shortcuts (#shortcuts) section below for available shortcuts. For example:
Backup 20150828T130001:
Server Name : quagmire
Status : DONE
PostgreSQL Version : 90402
PGDATA directory : /srv/postgresql/9.4/main/data
Base backup information:
Disk usage : 12.4 TiB (12.4 TiB with WALs)
Incremental size : 4.9 TiB (-60.02%)
Timeline : 1
Begin WAL : 0000000100000CFD000000AD
End WAL : 0000000100000D0D00000008
WAL number : 3932
WAL compression ratio: 79.51%
Begin time : 2015-08-28 13:00:01.633925+00:00
End time : 2015-08-29 10:27:06.522846+00:00
Begin Offset : 1575048
End Offset : 13853016
Begin XLOG : CFD/AD180888
End XLOG : D0D/8D36158
WAL information:
No of files : 35039
Disk usage : 121.5 GiB
WAL rate : 275.50/hour
Compression ratio : 77.81%
Last available : 0000000100000D95000000E7
Catalog information:
Retention Policy : not enforced
Previous Backup : 20150821T130001
Next Backup : - (this is the latest base backup)
list-files [OPTIONS] SERVER_NAME BACKUP_ID
List all the files in a particular backup, identified by the server name and the backup ID. See
the Backup ID shortcuts (#shortcuts) section below for available shortcuts.
--target TARGET_TYPE
Possible values for TARGET_TYPE are:
• data: lists just the data files;
• standalone: lists the base backup files, including required WAL files;
• wal: lists all the WAL files between the start of the base backup and the end of the log
/ the start of the following base backup (depending on whether the specified base backup
is the most recent one available);
• full: same as data + wal.
The default value is standalone.
rebuild-xlogdb SERVER_NAME
Perform a rebuild of the WAL file metadata for SERVER_NAME (or every server, using the all
shortcut) guessing it from the disk content. The metadata of the WAL archive is contained in the
xlog.db file, and every Barman server has its own copy.
recover [OPTIONS] SERVER_NAME BACKUP_ID DESTINATION_DIRECTORY
Recover a backup in a given directory (local or remote, depending on the --remote-ssh-command
option settings). See the Backup ID shortcuts (#shortcuts) section below for available shortcuts.
--target-tli TARGET_TLI
Recover the specified timeline.
--target-time TARGET_TIME
Recover to the specified time.
You can use any valid unambiguous representation (e.g: "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.mmm").
--target-xid TARGET_XID
Recover to the specified transaction ID.
--target-name TARGET_NAME
Recover to the named restore point previously created with the
pg_create_restore_point(name) (for PostgreSQL 9.1 and above users).
--target-immediate
Recover ends when a consistent state is reached (end of the base backup)
--exclusive
Set target xid to be non inclusive.
--tablespace NAME:LOCATION
Specify tablespace relocation rule.
--remote-ssh-command SSH_COMMAND
This options activates remote recovery, by specifying the secure shell command to be
launched on a remote host. This is the equivalent of the "ssh_command" server option in
the configuration file for remote recovery. Example: 'ssh postgres@db2'.
--retry-times RETRY_TIMES
Number of retries of data copy during base backup after an error. Overrides value of the
parameter basebackup_retry_times, if present in the configuration file.
--no-retry
Same as --retry-times 0
--retry-sleep
Number of seconds of wait after a failed copy, before retrying. Overrides value of the
parameter basebackup_retry_sleep, if present in the configuration file.
-j , --jobs
Number of parallel workers to copy files during recovery. Overrides value of the parameter
parallel_jobs, if present in the configuration file. Works only for servers configured
through rsync/SSH.
--get-wal, --no-get-wal
Enable/Disable usage of get-wal for WAL fetching during recovery. Default is based on
recovery_options setting.
--network-compression, --no-network-compression
Enable/Disable network compression during remote recovery. Default is based on
network_compression configuration setting.
get-wal [OPTIONS] SERVER_NAME WAL_ID
Retrieve a WAL file from the xlog archive of a given server. By default, the requested WAL file,
if found, is returned as uncompressed content to STDOUT. The following options allow users to
change this behaviour:
-o OUTPUT_DIRECTORY
destination directory where the get-wal will deposit the requested WAL
-z output will be compressed using gzip
-j output will be compressed using bzip2
-p SIZE
peek from the WAL archive up to SIZE WAL files, starting from the requested one. 'SIZE'
must be an integer >= 1. When invoked with this option, get-wal returns a list of zero to
'SIZE' WAL segment names, one per row.
switch-wal SERVER_NAME
Execute pg_switch_wal() on the target server (from PostgreSQL 10), or pg_switch_xlog (for
PostgreSQL 8.3 to 9.6).
--force
Forces the switch by executing CHECKPOINT before pg_switch_xlog(). IMPORTANT: executing a
CHECKPOINT might increase I/O load on a PostgreSQL server. Use this option with care.
--archive
Wait for one xlog file to be archived. If after a defined amount of time (default: 30
seconds) no xlog file is archived, Barman will teminate with failure exit code.
--archive-timeout TIMEOUT
Specifies the amount of time in seconds (default: 30 seconds) the archiver will wait for a
new xlog file to be archived before timing out.
switch-xlog SERVER_NAME
Alias for switch-wal (kept for back-compatibility)
receive-wal SERVER_NAME
Start the stream of transaction logs for a server. The process relies on pg_receivexlog to
receive WAL files from the PostgreSQL servers through the streaming protocol.
--stop stop the receive-wal process for the server
--reset
reset the status of receive-wal, restarting the streaming from the current WAL file of the
server
--create-slot
create the physical replication slot configured with the slot_name configuration parameter
--drop-slot
drop the physical replication slot configured with the slot_name configuration parameter
delete SERVER_NAME BACKUP_ID
Delete the specified backup. Backup ID shortcuts (#shortcuts) section below for available
shortcuts.
replication-status [OPTIONS] SERVER_NAME
Shows live information and status of any streaming client attached to the given server (or
servers). Default behaviour can be changed through the following options:
--minimal
machine readable output (default: False)
--target TARGET_TYPE
Possible values for TARGET_TYPE are:
• hot-standby: lists only hot standby servers
• wal-streamer: lists only WAL streaming clients, such as pg_receivexlog
• all: any streaming client (default)
BACKUP ID SHORTCUTS
Rather than using the timestamp backup ID, you can use any of the following shortcuts/aliases to identity
a backup for a given server:
first Oldest available backup for that server, in chronological order.
last Latest available backup for that server, in chronological order.
latest same ast last.
oldest same ast first.
EXIT STATUS
0 Success
Not zero
Failure
SEE ALSO
barman (5).
BUGS
Barman has been extensively tested, and is currently being used in several production environments.
However, we cannot exclude the presence of bugs.
Any bug can be reported via the Sourceforge bug tracker. Along the bug submission, users can provide
developers with diagnostics information obtained through the barman diagnose command.
AUTHORS
In alphabetical order:
• Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele.bartolini@2ndquadrant.it> (architect)
• Jonathan Battiato <jonathan.battiato@2ndquadrant.it> (QA/testing)
• Giulio Calacoci <giulio.calacoci@2ndquadrant.it> (developer)
• Francesco Canovai <francesco.canovai@2ndquadrant.it> (QA/testing)
• Leonardo Cecchi <leonardo.cecchi@2ndquadrant.it> (developer)
• Gianni Ciolli <gianni.ciolli@2ndquadrant.it> (QA/testing)
• Britt Cole <britt.cole@2ndquadrant.com> (documentation)
• Marco Nenciarini <marco.nenciarini@2ndquadrant.it> (project leader)
• Rubens Souza <rubens.souza@2ndquadrant.it> (QA/testing)
Past contributors:
• Carlo Ascani
• Stefano Bianucci
• Giuseppe Broccolo
RESOURCES
• Homepage: <http://www.pgbarman.org/> • Documentation: <http://docs.pgbarman.org/> • Professional support: <http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/>
COPYING
Barman is the property of 2ndQuadrant Limited and its code is distributed under GNU General Public
License v3.
Copyright (C) 2011-2017 2ndQuadrant Limited - <http://www.2ndQuadrant.it/>.
AUTHORS
2ndQuadrant Limited <https://www.2ndQuadrant.com>.