From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Danni Coy <rgcoy(at)midcoast(dot)com(dot)au> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Emergency backup question. |
Date: | 2001-11-20 15:21:04 |
Message-ID: | 29517.1006269664@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Danni Coy <rgcoy(at)midcoast(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Greetings Basically I have a problem here. I lost my linux system due to
> hard drive corruption I managed to back up my /var/lib/pgsql/data/base
> directory to an ordinary tarball before I redid the system. Is there any
> way to use this data as a backup?
If you only backed up that subdirectory, and not all of
/var/lib/pgsql/data, I'm afraid you're out of luck. You needed the
pg_log files too.
> and what is the proceedure for a proper backup?
Routine pg_dump runs are recommended. You might care to consult the
discussion of backup procedures in the Administrator's Guide,
http://www.ca.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/postgres/backup.html
or the updated version in development docs,
http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/backup.html
regards, tom lane
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