Barman 1.6.1 is Released

2ndQuadrant is proud to announce the release of Barman version 1.6.1, a Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL. This minor release consolidates its central role in business continuity installations of...
May 23, 2016

Announcing Barman 1.5.1

2ndQuadrant is proud to announce the release of version 1.5.1 of Barman, Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL. This minor release introduces support for ‘per-server’ concurrency of maintenance operations through...
November 16, 2015

Getting WAL files from Barman with 'get-wal'

Barman 1.5.0 enhances the robustness and business continuity capabilities of PostgreSQL clusters, integrating the get-wal command with any standby server’s restore_command. In this blog article I will go over the...
October 06, 2015

Announcing Barman 1.5.0

Version 1.5.0 of Barman, Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL, has been released. Barman is now able to return upon request any available WAL file for a given server, allowing...
September 28, 2015

What’s new about Barman 1.4.0?

The 1.4.0 version of Barman adds new features such as incremental backup and automatic integration with pg_stat_archiver which aim to simplify the life of DBAs and system administrators. Barman 1.4.0...
March 09, 2015

Incremental backup with Barman 1.4.0

Today version 1.4.0 of Barman has been officially released. The most important feature is incremental backup support, which relies on rsync and hard links and helps you reduce both backup...
January 26, 2015

Detecting smelly backups with Barman

“ Ooooh that smell! Can’t you smell that smell?“. That’s a classic rock song by legends Lynyrd Skynyrd, I know. But also a warning that your new Barman 1.3.3 installation...
August 27, 2014

Announcing Barman 1.3.3

Version 1.3.3 of Barman, Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL, has been released. Barman is now able to send alerts in case the latest available backup for a server is...
August 21, 2014

Announcing Barman 1.3.1

Version 1.3.1 of Barman, Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL, has been released. Barman now supports concurrent backup from PostgreSQL 9.2 and 9.3 servers, using the pgespresso extension, allowing users...
April 14, 2014