Hey Again

Thanks for the input. but what I am wanting to check for is CRC errors and block errors. The backups are written to tape and I would like a way to verify the data on the tape as compared to the data on the server. I may be way off here but I just want to be sure I am getting reliable backups.

Thanks

Scott Marlowe wrote:
On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 10:15, John R. Allgood wrote:
Hello

I have a question regarding backups on Postgresql 7.4.7-2. We are currently using a Progress database and will be moving over to Postgres this month. In Progress there is a way to verify your backups does Postgres have anything similiar or is there other ways to accompplish this. I am currently writing backup and other utility scripts and would like to incorporate this into my program.

I wrapped my backup in a bash script, and that seems to catch errors. something like:

if !(
   /data01/pg/bin/pg_dump dbname > dbname.sql
); then
    cat "backup failed"|mail -s "backup failed" [EMAIL PROTECTED];
fi

To test this, I corrupted a table in a test database to force a hard
failure, and it sent an email.  Don't know if it's a comprehensive test,
but it seems to work for us.

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