Re: Backing up several databases

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:48 PM, JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:

> I have several PostgreSQL databases in a server. Please recommend a
> procedure to get a backup of each one of them automatically. I would like to
> run a backup process from Monday to Sunday so I can have 7 backups for each
> DB.
>
> pgAdmin III is a good choice to perform this task manually but my
> application hosts one database per client and, in the long run, it would be
> inefficient to do it this way. I guess that having a pg_dump command for
> each database running in a batch file could be an answer but I wonder if
> there is any disadvantage doing it this way. Also, I do not know if pg_dump
> commands can be run in a batch file.
>
>

Try to follow the below link to get more details on automated backup on
Windows::

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Automated_Backup_on_Windows

--Raghu Ram

> Respectfully,
> Jorge Maldonado
>