Re: [ADMIN] postgres backup ( logical using pg_dump) using AMANDA

2012-02-13 Thread Kevin Grittner
Dinesh Bhandary dbhand...@iii.com wrote:
 
 Has anyone done postgres logical backup (pg_dump) using Amanda ( 
 Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver).
 So far I have seen plugin for wall logging method, but have not
 found any information on pg_dump.
 
IMO, there aren't many situations where regular backups should be
done with pg_dump instead of PITR backup techniques.  (Is that what
you meant by wall logging method?)  You might take lack of a
pg_dump plugin as a sign that nobody else has yet considered it a
good idea.
 
-Kevin

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Re: [ADMIN] postgres backup ( logical using pg_dump) using AMANDA

2012-02-13 Thread Dinesh Bhandary

Yes, by wall logging I meant to say PITR backup.
We have a need for logical backup (pg_dump) in addition to PTIR backup 
using wall logs.


I can't quite understand why there is no plugin for pg_dump since it is 
such a popular tool to do logical backup.


Thanks.
Dinesh



On 2/13/2012 11:12 AM, Kevin Grittner wrote:

Dinesh Bhandarydbhand...@iii.com  wrote:


Has anyone done postgres logical backup (pg_dump) using Amanda (
Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver).
So far I have seen plugin for wall logging method, but have not
found any information on pg_dump.


IMO, there aren't many situations where regular backups should be
done with pg_dump instead of PITR backup techniques.  (Is that what
you meant by wall logging method?)  You might take lack of a
pg_dump plugin as a sign that nobody else has yet considered it a
good idea.

-Kevin






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Re: [ADMIN] postgres backup ( logical using pg_dump) using AMANDA

2012-02-13 Thread Walter Hurry
On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:57:39 -0800, Dinesh Bhandary wrote:

 Hello,
 
 Has anyone done postgres logical backup (pg_dump) using Amanda (
 Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver).
 So far I have seen plugin for wall logging method, but have not found
 any information on pg_dump. Is it possible to call a script that does
 pg_dump and move a dump file to the backup destination using AMANDA.
 
 Any help or workable solution is greatly appreciated.

I've never heard of AMANDA, but I don't understand the problem. The 
output of pg_dump is just a file, albeit usually a large one.


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