changes to make it consistent. You might want to exclude some
files, e.g. <filename>postmaster.pid</>, as documented in <xref
linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup">. If your file system supports
- file system snapshots or copy-on-write file copying, you can use that
- to make a backup of the old cluster, though the snapshot and copies
- must be created simultaneously or while the database server is down.
+ file system snapshots or copy-on-write file copies, you can use that
+ to make a backup of the old cluster and tablespaces, though the snapshot
+ and copies must be created simultaneously or while the database server
+ is down.
</para>
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