Re: Backup Strategies?

A cron job can always do the job using pg_dump/pg_dumpall, in case you need
the incremental backup you can opt for PITR WAL based archive logs...

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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)

On 2/3/07, Joshua Kramer <josh(at)globalherald(dot)net> wrote:
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> What strategies are people using for automated, script-based backup of
> databases? There are a few I can think of:
>
> 1. Create a "db_backup" unix user and a "db_backup" pgsql user. Grant
> READ access to all objects on all databases for the "db_backup" pgsql
> user. Create a .pgpass file in the home directory of the "db_backup" unix
> user. Backup as needed with a script run as the "db_backup" unix user.
>
> 2. Create a "db_backup" unix user and repeat above, except using the
> "postgres" db user.
>
> Thanks,
> -Josh
>
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