Lots of useful info on this thread -- would some of you mind updating http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/BackupRestore? I put that page up literally years ago as a strawman and no one added to it...
Rob On 30/07/07, Christian Voelker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Am 30.07.2007 um 21:49 schrieb Mark H. Wood: > > > We need to be careful as to what we mean by "data directory". A > > typical PostgreSQL installation has a directory *named* "data" which > > *should* be backed up. It contains configuration and access-control > > data, perhaps X.509 certificates to enable TLS-encrypted access, some > > small files used for restarting, and several directories that hold > > transaction logs and the like. > > Sorry, you are right. I see these files as more less static or tend > to put them under version control as soon as I have to fiddle around > with them while changing my configs. I keep a system snapshot that I > would use as well when starting over and setting up a new machine, > so I have an initial version pg_hba.conf and associated files at hand. > As for the logfiles, these are the files that I mentioned for the > point in time strategy; they are rather bulky. So if you dont have a > system snapshot then "go with pg_dumpall and you are fine" is not the > whole truth. The pg_dumpall compensates for the fact that the files > in the base directory are normally useless because they are usually > opened while the snapshot is taken. Thanks for pointing that out. > > Bye, Christian > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
