Axel, I'm so sorry, this is pretty much a database question and as such out of my area of expertise.
There is no way to shutdown the application for the duration ? That is what I've forced my Oracle dba to do. -- Start of PGP signed section. > Hi Brian, > I have amanda running on two fileservers already. The box in question > now is RedHat Linux 9.0 running a Postgresqul database. The Tapedrive is > a DDS4 manual. > I am asking this question because I know of no way to export the > database into a flat file before backup, or mirroring or freezing the > database during backup. > I was wondering if somebody did that before. > cheers > Axel > > On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 14:37, Brian Cuttler wrote: > > Axel, > > > > Amanda is a scheduler, optionally compressing data but uses > > OS native backup services, either the native form of dump > > (ufsdump, xfsdump...) or most often some brand of "tar", what > > OS are you running, what tools are available for backup and > > what do Postgresql knowledgable people say about tools for > > backing up the database ? > > > > > Can I backup a life Postgresql Database with Amanda? > > > > > -- > Axel Haenssen > Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > Princeton University > Princeton, NJ 08544-1003 > phone: +1(609)258-6999 > Find my Public Key here: > http://www.princeton.edu/~axel -- End of PGP section, PGP failed!
