diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17a90c858..47e83b56b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -741,6 +741,8 @@ example: db-path=/data/db
 
 * Allow comments/disabling in pg_backrest.conf using #.  Suggested by Michael Renner.
 
+* Better logging before pg_start_backup() to make it clear when the backup is waiting on a checkpoint.  Suggested by Michael Renner.
+
 * Replaced JSON module with JSON::PP which ships with core Perl.
 
 ### v0.65: Improved resume and restore logging, compact restores
diff --git a/doc/doc.xml b/doc/doc.xml
index 3647d1e20..a92ffb5ac 100644
--- a/doc/doc.xml
+++ b/doc/doc.xml
@@ -695,6 +695,9 @@ Run a <id>full</id> backup on the <id>db</id> stanza.  <param>--type</param> can
 					<release-feature>
 						<text>Allow comments/disabling in pg_backrest.conf using #.  Suggested by Michael Renner.</text>
 					</release-feature>
+					<release-feature>
+						<text>Better logging before pg_start_backup() to make it clear when the backup is waiting on a checkpoint.  Suggested by Michael Renner.</text>
+					</release-feature>
 					<release-feature>
 						<text>Replaced JSON module with JSON::PP which ships with core Perl.</text>
 					</release-feature>
diff --git a/lib/BackRest/Backup.pm b/lib/BackRest/Backup.pm
index 18d9f7697..36f257624 100644
--- a/lib/BackRest/Backup.pm
+++ b/lib/BackRest/Backup.pm
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ sub backup_file
         while (!$bDone);
     }
 
-    &log(INFO, file_size_format($lSizeTotal) . ' total backup');
+    &log(INFO, 'total backup size: ' . file_size_format($lSizeTotal));
 }
 
 ####################################################################################################################################
@@ -553,6 +553,9 @@ sub backup
     my $strDbClusterPath = shift;
     my $bStartFast = shift;
 
+    # Backup start
+    &log(INFO, "backup start: type = ${strType}");
+
     # Record timestamp start
     my $strTimestampStart = timestamp_string_get();
 
@@ -863,6 +866,9 @@ sub backup
     # Create a link to the most recent backup
     $oFile->remove(PATH_BACKUP_CLUSTER, "latest");
     $oFile->link_create(PATH_BACKUP_CLUSTER, $strBackupPath, PATH_BACKUP_CLUSTER, "latest", undef, true);
+
+    # Backup stop
+    &log(INFO, 'backup stop');
 }
 
 ####################################################################################################################################
diff --git a/lib/BackRest/Db.pm b/lib/BackRest/Db.pm
index a11876294..39b27c0a0 100644
--- a/lib/BackRest/Db.pm
+++ b/lib/BackRest/Db.pm
@@ -177,8 +177,12 @@ sub backup_start
         $bStartFast = false;
     }
 
+    &log(INFO, "executing pg_start_backup() with label \"${strLabel}\": backup will begin after " .
+               ($bStartFast ? "the requested immediate checkpoint" : "the next regular checkpoint") . " completes");
+
     my @stryField = split("\t", trim($self->psql_execute("set client_min_messages = 'warning';" .
-                                    "copy (select to_char(current_timestamp, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.US TZ'), pg_xlogfile_name(xlog) from pg_start_backup('${strLabel}'" .
+                                    "copy (select to_char(current_timestamp, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.US TZ'), " .
+                                    "pg_xlogfile_name(xlog) from pg_start_backup('${strLabel}'" .
                                     ($bStartFast ? ', true' : '') . ') as xlog) to stdout')));
 
     return $stryField[1], $stryField[0];
@@ -191,6 +195,8 @@ sub backup_stop
 {
     my $self = shift;
 
+    &log(INFO, 'executing pg_stop_backup() and waiting for all WAL segments to be archived');
+
     my @stryField = split("\t", trim($self->psql_execute("set client_min_messages = 'warning';" .
                                     "copy (select to_char(clock_timestamp(), 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS.US TZ'), pg_xlogfile_name(xlog) from pg_stop_backup() as xlog) to stdout")));
 
diff --git a/test/lib/BackRestTest/CommonTest.pm b/test/lib/BackRestTest/CommonTest.pm
index 32ec290f9..82699b09e 100755
--- a/test/lib/BackRestTest/CommonTest.pm
+++ b/test/lib/BackRestTest/CommonTest.pm
@@ -936,6 +936,7 @@ sub BackRestTestCommon_ConfigCreate
         }
 
         $oParamHash{'global:backup'}{'archive-copy'} = 'y';
+        $oParamHash{'global:backup'}{'start-fast'} = 'y';
     }
 
     if (defined($bCompress) && !$bCompress)
diff --git a/test/log/backup-synthetic-001.log b/test/log/backup-synthetic-001.log
index 108f87575..940fc0bd1 100644
--- a/test/log/backup-synthetic-001.log
+++ b/test/log/backup-synthetic-001.log
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ run 001 - rmt 0, cmp 0, hardlink 0
 full backup
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --manifest-save-threshold=3 --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
  DEBUG:     manifest saved
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup (resume)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -62,13 +65,14 @@ full backup (resume)
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/PG_VERSION (3B, 42%) checksum e1f7a3a299f62225cba076fc6d3d6e677f303482
  DEBUG:     File->hash: backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, compressed = false, hash_type = sha1
   INFO: checksum resumed file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ restore delta, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]' (add and delete files)
 incr backup (add tablespace 1)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -140,19 +145,21 @@ incr backup (add tablespace 1)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts1/tablespace1.txt (7B, 100%) checksum d85de07d6421d90aa9191c11c889bfde43680f0f
-  INFO: 18B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 18B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -185,19 +192,21 @@ incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -232,19 +241,21 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --no-resume --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -279,13 +290,14 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -396,6 +408,7 @@ restore, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]', remap (remap all paths)
 incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -422,19 +435,21 @@ incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 13B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 13B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (update files)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -456,19 +471,21 @@ incr backup (update files)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt (8B, 100%) checksum 9a53d532e27785e681766c98516a5e93f096a501
-  INFO: 8B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 8B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (no updates)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -506,19 +523,21 @@ diff backup (no updates)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 39B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 39B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -541,12 +560,14 @@ incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (remove files during backup)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -578,19 +599,21 @@ diff backup (remove files during backup)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 31B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 31B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -627,19 +650,21 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 42B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 42B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (add files)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -661,13 +686,14 @@ diff backup (add files)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt (9B, 100%) checksum cafac3c59553f2cfde41ce2e62e7662295f108c0
-  INFO: 9B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 9B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
diff --git a/test/log/backup-synthetic-002.log b/test/log/backup-synthetic-002.log
index 996273043..7414df8b2 100644
--- a/test/log/backup-synthetic-002.log
+++ b/test/log/backup-synthetic-002.log
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ run 002 - rmt 0, cmp 0, hardlink 1
 full backup
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --manifest-save-threshold=3 --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
  DEBUG:     manifest saved
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup (resume)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -62,13 +65,14 @@ full backup (resume)
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/PG_VERSION (3B, 42%) checksum e1f7a3a299f62225cba076fc6d3d6e677f303482
  DEBUG:     File->hash: backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, compressed = false, hash_type = sha1
   INFO: checksum resumed file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ restore delta, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]' (add and delete files)
 incr backup (add tablespace 1)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -150,19 +155,21 @@ incr backup (add tablespace 1)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts1/tablespace1.txt (7B, 100%) checksum d85de07d6421d90aa9191c11c889bfde43680f0f
-  INFO: 18B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 18B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -212,19 +219,21 @@ incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -271,19 +280,21 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --no-resume --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -330,13 +341,14 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -447,6 +459,7 @@ restore, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]', remap (remap all paths)
 incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -487,19 +500,21 @@ incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 13B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 13B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (update files)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -540,19 +555,21 @@ incr backup (update files)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt (8B, 100%) checksum 9a53d532e27785e681766c98516a5e93f096a501
-  INFO: 8B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 8B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (no updates)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -595,19 +612,21 @@ diff backup (no updates)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 39B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 39B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -654,12 +673,14 @@ incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (remove files during backup)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -698,19 +719,21 @@ diff backup (remove files during backup)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 31B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 31B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -747,19 +770,21 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 42B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 42B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (add files)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -800,13 +825,14 @@ diff backup (add files)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base2.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base2.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt (9B, 100%) checksum cafac3c59553f2cfde41ce2e62e7662295f108c0
-  INFO: 9B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 9B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
diff --git a/test/log/backup-synthetic-003.log b/test/log/backup-synthetic-003.log
index e752b5de4..e3fc4e042 100644
--- a/test/log/backup-synthetic-003.log
+++ b/test/log/backup-synthetic-003.log
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ run 003 - rmt 0, cmp 1, hardlink 0
 full backup
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --manifest-save-threshold=3 --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
  DEBUG:     manifest saved
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup (resume)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -64,13 +67,14 @@ full backup (resume)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ restore delta, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]' (add and delete files)
 incr backup (add tablespace 1)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -142,19 +147,21 @@ incr backup (add tablespace 1)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts1/tablespace1.txt (7B, 100%) checksum d85de07d6421d90aa9191c11c889bfde43680f0f
-  INFO: 18B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 18B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -188,19 +195,21 @@ incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -235,19 +244,21 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --no-resume --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -282,13 +293,14 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -399,6 +411,7 @@ restore, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]', remap (remap all paths)
 incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -425,19 +438,21 @@ incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 13B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 13B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (update files)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -459,19 +474,21 @@ incr backup (update files)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt (8B, 100%) checksum 9a53d532e27785e681766c98516a5e93f096a501
-  INFO: 8B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 8B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (no updates)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -509,19 +526,21 @@ diff backup (no updates)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 39B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 39B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -544,12 +563,14 @@ incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (remove files during backup)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -581,19 +602,21 @@ diff backup (remove files during backup)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 31B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 31B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -630,19 +653,21 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 42B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 42B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (add files)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -664,13 +689,14 @@ diff backup (add files)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt (9B, 100%) checksum cafac3c59553f2cfde41ce2e62e7662295f108c0
-  INFO: 9B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 9B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
diff --git a/test/log/backup-synthetic-004.log b/test/log/backup-synthetic-004.log
index 1c33bede0..879c3de2d 100644
--- a/test/log/backup-synthetic-004.log
+++ b/test/log/backup-synthetic-004.log
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ run 004 - rmt 0, cmp 1, hardlink 1
 full backup
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --manifest-save-threshold=3 --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
  DEBUG:     manifest saved
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup (resume)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -64,13 +67,14 @@ full backup (resume)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ restore delta, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]' (add and delete files)
 incr backup (add tablespace 1)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -152,19 +157,21 @@ incr backup (add tablespace 1)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts1/tablespace1.txt (7B, 100%) checksum d85de07d6421d90aa9191c11c889bfde43680f0f
-  INFO: 18B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 18B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -215,19 +222,21 @@ incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -274,19 +283,21 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --no-resume --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -333,13 +344,14 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -450,6 +462,7 @@ restore, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]', remap (remap all paths)
 incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -490,19 +503,21 @@ incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 13B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 13B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (update files)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -543,19 +558,21 @@ incr backup (update files)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt (8B, 100%) checksum 9a53d532e27785e681766c98516a5e93f096a501
-  INFO: 8B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 8B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (no updates)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -598,19 +615,21 @@ diff backup (no updates)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 39B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 39B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -657,12 +676,14 @@ incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (remove files during backup)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -701,19 +722,21 @@ diff backup (remove files during backup)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 31B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 31B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -750,19 +773,21 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 42B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 42B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (add files)
 > ../bin/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/db/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -803,13 +828,14 @@ diff backup (add files)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  local db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base2.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base2.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt (9B, 100%) checksum cafac3c59553f2cfde41ce2e62e7662295f108c0
-  INFO: 9B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 9B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
diff --git a/test/log/backup-synthetic-005.log b/test/log/backup-synthetic-005.log
index 275e30fc8..b046d824d 100644
--- a/test/log/backup-synthetic-005.log
+++ b/test/log/backup-synthetic-005.log
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ run 005 - rmt 1, cmp 0, hardlink 0
 full backup
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --manifest-save-threshold=3 --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
  DEBUG:     manifest saved
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup (resume)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -62,13 +65,14 @@ full backup (resume)
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/PG_VERSION (3B, 42%) checksum e1f7a3a299f62225cba076fc6d3d6e677f303482
  DEBUG:     File->hash: backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, compressed = false, hash_type = sha1
   INFO: checksum resumed file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ restore delta, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]' (add and delete files)
 incr backup (add tablespace 1)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -140,19 +145,21 @@ incr backup (add tablespace 1)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts1/tablespace1.txt (7B, 100%) checksum d85de07d6421d90aa9191c11c889bfde43680f0f
-  INFO: 18B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 18B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -185,19 +192,21 @@ incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -232,19 +241,21 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --no-resume --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -279,13 +290,14 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -396,6 +408,7 @@ restore, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]', remap (remap all paths)
 incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -422,19 +435,21 @@ incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 13B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 13B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (update files)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -456,19 +471,21 @@ incr backup (update files)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt (8B, 100%) checksum 9a53d532e27785e681766c98516a5e93f096a501
-  INFO: 8B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 8B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (no updates)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -506,19 +523,21 @@ diff backup (no updates)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 39B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 39B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -541,12 +560,14 @@ incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (remove files during backup)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -578,19 +599,21 @@ diff backup (remove files during backup)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 31B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 31B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -627,19 +650,21 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 42B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 42B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (add files)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -661,13 +686,14 @@ diff backup (add files)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt (9B, 100%) checksum cafac3c59553f2cfde41ce2e62e7662295f108c0
-  INFO: 9B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 9B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
diff --git a/test/log/backup-synthetic-006.log b/test/log/backup-synthetic-006.log
index 181e9ff00..e3f7fb140 100644
--- a/test/log/backup-synthetic-006.log
+++ b/test/log/backup-synthetic-006.log
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ run 006 - rmt 1, cmp 0, hardlink 1
 full backup
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --manifest-save-threshold=3 --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
  DEBUG:     manifest saved
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup (resume)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -62,13 +65,14 @@ full backup (resume)
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/PG_VERSION (3B, 42%) checksum e1f7a3a299f62225cba076fc6d3d6e677f303482
  DEBUG:     File->hash: backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, compressed = false, hash_type = sha1
   INFO: checksum resumed file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ restore delta, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]' (add and delete files)
 incr backup (add tablespace 1)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -150,19 +155,21 @@ incr backup (add tablespace 1)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts1/tablespace1.txt (7B, 100%) checksum d85de07d6421d90aa9191c11c889bfde43680f0f
-  INFO: 18B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 18B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -212,19 +219,21 @@ incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -271,19 +280,21 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --no-resume --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -330,13 +341,14 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -447,6 +459,7 @@ restore, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]', remap (remap all paths)
 incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -487,19 +500,21 @@ incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 13B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 13B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (update files)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -540,19 +555,21 @@ incr backup (update files)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt (8B, 100%) checksum 9a53d532e27785e681766c98516a5e93f096a501
-  INFO: 8B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 8B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (no updates)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -595,19 +612,21 @@ diff backup (no updates)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 39B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 39B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -654,12 +673,14 @@ incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (remove files during backup)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -698,19 +719,21 @@ diff backup (remove files during backup)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 31B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 31B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -747,19 +770,21 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 42B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 42B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (add files)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -800,13 +825,14 @@ diff backup (add files)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base2.txt, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = false, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base2.txt, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt (9B, 100%) checksum cafac3c59553f2cfde41ce2e62e7662295f108c0
-  INFO: 9B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 9B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
diff --git a/test/log/backup-synthetic-007.log b/test/log/backup-synthetic-007.log
index 00e92192f..ef35d5488 100644
--- a/test/log/backup-synthetic-007.log
+++ b/test/log/backup-synthetic-007.log
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ run 007 - rmt 1, cmp 1, hardlink 0
 full backup
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --manifest-save-threshold=3 --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
  DEBUG:     manifest saved
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup (resume)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -64,13 +67,14 @@ full backup (resume)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ restore delta, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]' (add and delete files)
 incr backup (add tablespace 1)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -142,19 +147,21 @@ incr backup (add tablespace 1)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts1/tablespace1.txt (7B, 100%) checksum d85de07d6421d90aa9191c11c889bfde43680f0f
-  INFO: 18B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 18B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -188,19 +195,21 @@ incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -235,19 +244,21 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --no-resume --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -282,13 +293,14 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -399,6 +411,7 @@ restore, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]', remap (remap all paths)
 incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -425,19 +438,21 @@ incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 13B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 13B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (update files)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -459,19 +474,21 @@ incr backup (update files)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt (8B, 100%) checksum 9a53d532e27785e681766c98516a5e93f096a501
-  INFO: 8B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 8B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (no updates)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -509,19 +526,21 @@ diff backup (no updates)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 39B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 39B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -544,12 +563,14 @@ incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (remove files during backup)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -581,19 +602,21 @@ diff backup (remove files during backup)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 31B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 31B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -630,19 +653,21 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 42B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 42B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (add files)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -664,13 +689,14 @@ diff backup (add files)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt (9B, 100%) checksum cafac3c59553f2cfde41ce2e62e7662295f108c0
-  INFO: 9B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 9B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
diff --git a/test/log/backup-synthetic-008.log b/test/log/backup-synthetic-008.log
index 1921d82b0..b77fccf6b 100644
--- a/test/log/backup-synthetic-008.log
+++ b/test/log/backup-synthetic-008.log
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ run 008 - rmt 1, cmp 1, hardlink 1
 full backup
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --manifest-save-threshold=3 --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
  DEBUG:     manifest saved
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
@@ -34,12 +35,14 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup (resume)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -64,13 +67,14 @@ full backup (resume)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common/base/base1.txt (4B, 100%) checksum a3b357a3e395e43fcfb19bb13f3c1b5179279593
-  INFO: 7B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 7B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ restore delta, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]' (add and delete files)
 incr backup (add tablespace 1)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -152,19 +157,21 @@ incr backup (add tablespace 1)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/1
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts1/tablespace1.txt (7B, 100%) checksum d85de07d6421d90aa9191c11c889bfde43680f0f
-  INFO: 18B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 18B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -215,19 +222,21 @@ incr backup (resume and add tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -274,19 +283,21 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - new diff)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --no-resume --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=0
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -333,13 +344,14 @@ diff backup (cannot resume - disabled)
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2/tablespace2.txt (7B, 100%) checksum dc7f76e43c46101b47acc55ae4d593a9e6983578
-  INFO: 25B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 25B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
@@ -450,6 +462,7 @@ restore, backup '[BACKUP_LABEL]', remap (remap all paths)
 incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -490,19 +503,21 @@ incr backup (add files and remove tablespace 2)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 13B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 13B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (update files)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -543,19 +558,21 @@ incr backup (update files)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base1.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base1.txt (8B, 100%) checksum 9a53d532e27785e681766c98516a5e93f096a501
-  INFO: 8B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 8B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (no updates)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -598,19 +615,21 @@ diff backup (no updates)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2b.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2b.txt (8B, 100%) checksum e324463005236d83e6e54795dbddd20a74533bf3
-  INFO: 39B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 39B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = incr
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -657,12 +676,14 @@ incr backup (remove files - but won't affect manifest)
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (remove files during backup)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup --test --test-delay=1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -701,19 +722,21 @@ diff backup (remove files during backup)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 31B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 31B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 full backup
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=full --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = full
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -750,19 +773,21 @@ full backup
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/tablespace/2/tablespace2c.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/tablespace/ts2-2/tablespace2c.txt (12B, 100%) checksum dfcb8679956b734706cf87259d50c88f83e80e66
-  INFO: 42B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 42B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads
 
 diff backup (add files)
 > [BACKREST_BIN_PATH]/pg_backrest.pl --config=[TEST_PATH]/backrest/pg_backrest.conf --no-start-stop --type=diff --stanza=db backup
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  INFO: backup start: type = diff
  DEBUG:     cluster path is [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->exists: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db
@@ -803,13 +828,14 @@ diff backup (add files)
  DEBUG:     File->copy:  remote db:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt to local backup:tmp:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base2.txt.gz, source_compressed = false, destination_compress = true, ignore_missing_source = true, destination_path_create = true, modification_time = [MODIFICATION_TIME], mode = [undef], user = [undef], group = [undef]
  DEBUG:     File->move: absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/file.tmp to absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp/base/base/base2.txt.gz, destination_path_create = true
   INFO: backup file [TEST_PATH]/db/common-2/base/base2.txt (9B, 100%) checksum cafac3c59553f2cfde41ce2e62e7662295f108c0
-  INFO: 9B total backup
+  INFO: total backup size: 9B
   INFO: new backup label: [BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     moving [TEST_PATH]/backrest/temp/db.tmp to [TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL]
  DEBUG:     File->move: backup:tmp to backup:cluster:[BACKUP_LABEL], destination_path_create = false
  DEBUG:     File->remove: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest
  DEBUG:     File->link_create: backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/[BACKUP_LABEL] to backup:cluster:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db/latest, hard = false, relative = true, destination_path_create = true
  DEBUG:     File->path_create:  backup:absolute:[TEST_PATH]/backrest/backup/db, mode [undef]
+  INFO: backup stop
   INFO: archive rentention type not set - archive logs will not be expired
  DEBUG:     safe exit called, terminating threads