On 09/10/2017 16:51, Larry Rosenman wrote:
If you want a consistent database (you **REALLY** do), pg_dump is the correct tool.
In all pg conferences I have been, ppl scream : do not use pg_dump for backups :)
-- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler <http://www.lerctr.org/%7Eler> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Drive, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106 *From: *<[email protected]> on behalf of Ron Johnson <[email protected]> *Date: *Monday, October 9, 2017 at 8:41 AM *To: *"[email protected]" <[email protected]> *Subject: *[GENERAL] Using cp to back up a database? Hi, v8.4.20 This is what the current backup script uses: /usr/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_start_backup('Incrementalbackup',true);" cp -r /var/lib/pgsql/data/* $dumpdir/data/ /usr/bin/psql -U postgres template1 -c "SELECT pg_stop_backup();" Should it use rsync or pg_dump instead? Thanks -- World Peace Through Nuclear Pacification
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