How to get accurate backup end time when it is taken from synchronous standby ?

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 11:50 AM Harinath Kanchu <hkanchu@apple.com> wrote:

Greetings,

When we take backups from a synchronous standby replica, how can we get the accurate timestamp of the backup end time ? (As backup history files are not generated on standbys)For example:
this is a part of control file after a backup (created using wal-g by calling pg_startbackup and pg_stopbackup),

Fake LSN counter for unlogged rels: 0/3E8
Minimum recovery ending location: 28/28000B68
Min recovery ending loc's timeline: 2
Backup start location: 0/0
Backup end location: 0/0
End-of-backup record required: no

here I can see that minimum recovery ending location as LSN value, how can we get the timestamp of it ?The backup label file looks like this.

INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850621 ------------ LABLE FILE START ----------
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850628 START WAL LOCATION: 1D/F94C7320 (file 000000020000001D000000F9)
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850633 CHECKPOINT LOCATION: 1E/EDA8700
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850639 BACKUP METHOD: streamed
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850645 BACKUP FROM: standby
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850653 START TIME: 2022-07-26 23:10:27 GMT
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850659 LABEL: 2022-07-26 23:10:27.545378 +0000 UTC m=+0.167723956
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850665 START TIMELINE: 2
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850669
INFO: 2022/07/26 23:25:23.850676 ------------ LABLE FILE END ----------

How can we do PITR using timestamp if we don’t know the accurate timestamp of minimum recovery point ?

You can use any of the methods specified in the other thread [1]/messages/by-id/CALj2ACVgFvOQQEoyuuZeceQrStGsePWvU1noU5aAvJNenv8qTQ@mail.gma.
Otherwise, you can as well use recovery_target_lsn =
min_recovery_point for PITR target instead of relying on timestamps.

I believe the other thread [1]/messages/by-id/CALj2ACVgFvOQQEoyuuZeceQrStGsePWvU1noU5aAvJNenv8qTQ@mail.gma can be merged into this thread for a
focussed, use-case based and meaningful discussion.

[1]: /messages/by-id/CALj2ACVgFvOQQEoyuuZeceQrStGsePWvU1noU5aAvJNenv8qTQ@mail.gma

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