pg_arman supports the following commands. See also**OPTIONS** for more

details.

**init**:

Initialize a backup catalog.

***init**:

**backup**:

Take an online backup.

***backup**:

**restore**:

Perform restore.

***restore**:

**show**:

Show backup history. The timeline option shows timeline of the backup

and the parent's timeline for each backup.

***show**:

**validate**:

***validate**:

Validate backup files.

**delete**:

Delete backup files.

***delete**:

* Log: size of read server log files

* Backup: size of backup (= written size)

* Status: status of backup. Possible values are:

- OK : backup is done and validated.

- DONE : backup is done, but not validated yet.

- RUNNING : backup is running

- DELETING : backup is being deleted.

- DELETED : backup has been deleted.

- ERROR : backup is unavailable because some errors occur during backup.

- CORRUPT : backup is unavailable because it is broken.

When a date is specified, more details about a backup is retrieved:

As a general rule, paths for data location need to be specified as

absolute paths; relative paths are not allowed.

**-D** PATH /**--pgdata**=*PATH*:

**-D** PATH /**--pgdata**=PATH:

The absolute path of database cluster. Required on backup and

restore.

**-A** PATH /**--arclog-path**=*PATH*:

**-A** PATH /**--arclog-path**=PATH:

The absolute path of archive WAL directory. Required for restore

and show command.

**-B** PATH /**--backup-path**=*PATH*:

**-B** PATH /**--backup-path**=PATH:

The absolute path of backup catalog. This option is mandatory.

**-c** /**--check**: