How to disable postgres Backup Job.

Shahid Hussain

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Jul 11, 2023, 12:15:12 PM7/11/23

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I am using PGO v5.3.0, which I installed using Helm. We have our own mechanism for taking backups and restoring data, so we want to disable the default backup Jobthat is provided by PGO. I tried deleting the backups section from the postgress.yaml StatefulSet file, but this did not work because the CRD expects backups to be a mandatory parameter.

How can I disable this job?

Thanks ,

Shahid

Shahid Hussain

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Jul 19, 2023, 10:30:27 AM7/19/23

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Hi!. Looking for some input here.

drew.s...@crunchydata.com

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Jul 19, 2023, 7:50:53 PM7/19/23

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Hello Shahid,

PostgresClusters require at least one pgBackRest repository and that a single backup be taken in the first pgBackRest repository defined in the cluster spec when the primary instance of the cluster comes online for the first time. As of right now, there is no way to opt out of these requirements. However, we do have stories in our dev backlog to consider making the initial backup, and the `backups` section as a whole, optional.