| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Jeremy G Byrne <jeremy(at)iz(dot)org> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [ADMIN] Online Backup |
| Date: | 1998-07-04 02:34:59 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.3.96.980703233424.2795M-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Jeremy G Byrne wrote:
> Dear All--
>
> I'm investigating PostgreSQL for a web-based dB project, and have been
> unable to find any documentation about its abilities to perform backups
> while online.
>
> The Features Comparison table on the postgresql.org site lists this as a
> feature of 6.2.1, but that's about the only reference to the procedure I
> can find.
>
> How easy is it to back up a (running/online) PostgreSQL dabatase? Is it as
> simple as copy/tar, or is there some inbuilt database replication system?
pg_dump dumps the data to a text file while the system is live,
and is about the cleanest that I'm aware of...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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