Re: Backup hot-standby database.

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Stephen Rees" <srees(at)pandora(dot)com>,<pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Backup hot-standby database.
Date: 2011-03-15 21:59:44
Message-ID: 4D7F9B00020000250003B957@gw.wicourts.gov
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Stephen Rees <srees(at)pandora(dot)com> wrote:

> I cannot use pg_dump to generate a backup of a database on a hot-
> standby server, because it is, by definition, read-only.

That seems like a non sequitur -- I didn't think pg_dump wrote
anything to the source database. Have you actually tried? If so,
please show your commands and the error.

-Kevin

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