| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Any reason to use pg_dumpall on an idle database |
| Date: | 2000-05-26 00:04:05 |
| Message-ID: | 200005260004.UAA14336@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> On Thu, 25 May 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > On Thu, 25 May 2000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > > Seems a typical file system backup is fine on an idle database, right?
> > >
> > > how do you know its idle, and/or will remain so?
> >
> > pg_ctl stop of modification of pg_hba.conf.
>
> ack ... why would you want to? *raised eyebrow*
Well, I am not sure. In the book, I say you can use a normal file
system backup if the database is idle, or use pg_dumpall and backup the
file it creates. In fact, once you run pg_dumpall, there is no need to
backup the /data directory except for the few configuration files like
pg_hba.conf. Does this make sense?
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