On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:27 AM, raghu ram <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Postgres Guru's, > > > Is it possible to use the Hot Backup (PITR Backup) of PostgreSQL on an > Operating system to restore the database on other Operating system. > > > No, it isn't. Physical (PITR) backups are based on copying the physical files directly off the database server. The only way to move from one platform / architecture to another is to use a 'logical' method vs. the physical copy involved with PITR. --Scott
