Point-in-time recovery

"PITR" redirects here. For other uses, see Pitr.

Point-in-time recovery (PITR) in the context of computers involves systems, often databases, whereby an administrator can restore or recover a set of data or a particular setting from a time in the past.^[1][2][3] Note for example Windows's capability to restore operating-system settings from a past date (for instance, before data corruption occurred). Time Machine for macOS provides another example of point-in-time recovery.

Once PITR logging starts for a PITR-capable database, a database administrator can restore that database from backups to the state that it had at any time since.^[1]

See also

• Continuous data protection

References

1. Larsen, Gregory A. (2005-08-31). "Point in Time Recovery". DatabaseJournal.com. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
2. "MySQL :: MySQL Backup and Recovery :: 1.5 Point-in-Time (Incremental) Recovery". MySQL. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
3. "Overview of restoring an instance". Google Cloud. Retrieved 2020-10-06.

External links

• PostgreSQL Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
• MySQL 8.0 Point-in-Time Recovery Using the Binary Log