[root@wallet01 ~]# rpm -ivh pg_rman-1.3.8-1.pg96.rhel6.x86_64.rpm
[root@wallet01 ~]# su - postgres
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ mkdir archive
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ mkdir backup
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ vi /var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/postgresql.conf
archive_mode = on
archive_command = 'cp %p /home/postgres/archive/%f'
wal_level = archive
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_ctl restart
waiting for server to shut down....... done
server stopped
server starting
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ export PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ export ARCLOG_PATH=/home/postgres/archive
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ export BACKUP_PATH=/home/postgres/backup
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman init
INFO: ARCLOG_PATH is set to '/home/postgres/archive'
INFO: SRVLOG_PATH is set to '/var/lib/pgsql/9.6/data/pg_log'
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman backup --backup-mode=full
INFO: copying database files
INFO: copying archived WAL files
INFO: backup complete
INFO: Please execute 'pg_rman validate' to verify the files are correctly copied.
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman validate
INFO: validate: "2019-04-12 16:02:15" backup and archive log files by CRC
INFO: backup "2019-04-12 16:02:15" is valid
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman show
=====================================================================
StartTime EndTime Mode Size TLI Status
=====================================================================
2019-04-12 16:02:15 2019-04-12 16:03:21 FULL 1572MB 1 OK
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman backup --backup-mode=incremental
INFO: copying database files
INFO: copying archived WAL files
INFO: backup complete
INFO: Please execute 'pg_rman validate' to verify the files are correctly copied.
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman validate
INFO: validate: "2019-04-12 16:15:12" backup and archive log files by CRC
INFO: backup "2019-04-12 16:15:12" is valid
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman show
=====================================================================
StartTime EndTime Mode Size TLI Status
=====================================================================
2019-04-12 16:15:12 2019-04-12 16:15:17 INCR 248MB 1 OK
2019-04-12 16:02:15 2019-04-12 16:03:21 FULL 1572MB 1 OK
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman backup --backup-mode=archive
INFO: copying archived WAL files
INFO: backup complete
INFO: Please execute 'pg_rman validate' to verify the files are correctly copied.
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman validate
INFO: validate: "2019-04-12 16:30:04" archive log files by CRC
INFO: backup "2019-04-12 16:30:04" is valid
[postgres@wallet01 ~]$ pg_rman show
=====================================================================
StartTime EndTime Mode Size TLI Status
=====================================================================
2019-04-12 16:30:04 2019-04-12 16:30:06 ARCH 33MB 1 OK
2019-04-12 16:15:12 2019-04-12 16:15:17 INCR 248MB 1 OK
2019-04-12 16:02:59 2019-04-12 16:03:21 FULL 1572MB 1 OK