BARMAN-SHOW-BACKUP(1)

💖 BARMAN-SHOW-BACKUP 💖

okay bestie, you're in the Barman section of the manual (section 1, fr fr) and this is the page for barman-show-backup — one of the Barman Sub-Commands. it's giving "tell me everything about one specific backup" energy and honestly? iconic. let's go 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

show-backup
    [ { -h | --help } ]
    SERVER_NAME BACKUP_ID

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

this one shows you detailed information about a specific backup. that's it, that's the vibe. 💅

you can find more deets about this command in the Catalog usage section — the anchor for it is #catalog-usage-show-backup, no cap.

and here's the cute part: you don't even have to type a real BACKUP_ID. you can use a shortcut instead. we'll get to those in a sec, keep reading bestie 😌

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• SERVER_NAME — the name of the server in the barman node. yeah, that one.
• BACKUP_ID — the id of the backup in the barman catalog. your backup's little government name 🥰
• -h / --help — shows a help message and then dips (exits). gives you the rundown on how to use the command. literally the "explain it to me like I'm five" flag.

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🦋 SHORTCUTS 🦋

not me telling you that you can use shortcuts instead of BACKUP_ID — yes you can, and you should, it's so much easier:

• first / oldest — the oldest available backup for the server, in chronological order. the grandparent of backups 👑
• last / latest — the most recent available backup for the server, in chronological order. the main character, obviously ✨
• last-full / latest-full — the most recent full backup taken with methods rsync or postgres. note the methods, bestie, don't come for me.
• last-failed — the most recent backup that failed, in chronological order. 💀 the flop era. we don't talk about her but we do query her.

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💜 Author 💜

EnterpriseDB

🌈 Copyright 🌈

© Copyright EnterpriseDB UK Limited 2011-2026

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this was BARMAN-SHOW-BACKUP(1) from Barman version 3.20, dated Sep 29, 2026 — write that down, iykyk 🦋💖