3 Using BART

Once you have installed and configured the BART host and the database servers, you can start using BART. See the EDB Postgres Backup and Recovery Installation and Upgrade Guide for installation and configuration details.

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This section describes how to perform backup and recovery management operations using BART.

•	Section 3.1 presents the BART management process overview.

•	Section 3.2 describes managing backups using a retention policy.

•	Section 3.3 describes the basic usage of the BART command line program and its subcommands.

•	Section 3.4 provides a description of each BART subcommand.

•	Section 3.5 describes usage of the BART WAL scanner.

Review these sections before proceeding with any BART operation.