Re: pg_dump makes our system unusable - any way to pg_dump in the middle of the day? (postgres 8.4.4)

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_dump makes our system unusable - any way to pg_dump in the middle of the day? (postgres 8.4.4)
Date: 2011-02-25 04:22:03
Message-ID: 4D672E6B.6040002@hogranch.com
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On 02/24/11 7:09 PM, Adam Bruss wrote:
> I'm using cruisecontrol and ant to back up our database at certain
> times on certain days of the week. Cruisecontrol sends out completion
> emails when it's done. I don't think pgsql has a good built in way to
> schedule backups. Cruisecontrol offers supreme flexibility with
> relatively little work.
>

wow, thats a complicated lotta stuff to do what crontab would do with a
oneliner

0 6 * * 3,6 pg_dump <args to dump>

(06:00 on wed,sat)

or the windows task scheduler equivalent.

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