Re: Backing up postgresql data
Pat Maddox wrote: I've got postgresql 8 running on my system, and want to do nightly backups of the database. I recommend 1- Nightly dumpall 2- More frequent backup of databases that change often. You can setup a script like: #!/bin/sh PGUSER=user PGPASSWORD=passwd export PGUSER export PGPASSWORD /usr/local/bin/pg_dumpall |/usr/bin/bzip2 -c backup_file Of course you can change it to a sh script. :-) For the single DB ones you can use #!/bin/sh PGUSER=user PGPASSWORD=password export PGUSER export PGPASSWORD cd backup dir echo Dumping database to BACKUP directory pg_dump db db.sql echo Making tar file tar -cyvf `date +%Y%m%d`-db.tbz db.sql Hope that helps. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Backing up postgresql data
I've got postgresql 8 running on my system, and want to do nightly backups of the database. I took a look at the docs, and there are a few methods of doing backups - pg_dump, file system level, and using WAL. I just want to be able to rsync my data every night, maybe every few hours, so that I can recover it if there are any problems...so what's the best way to do this. Are there any scripts or utilities available to make my life easy? Thanks, Pat ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backing up postgresql data
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:02:11 -0600 Pat Maddox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got postgresql 8 running on my system, and want to do nightly backups of the database. I took a look at the docs, and there are a few methods of doing backups - pg_dump, file system level, and using WAL. I just want to be able to rsync my data every night, maybe every few hours, so that I can recover it if there are any problems...so what's the best way to do this. Are there any scripts or utilities available to make my life easy? Thanks, Pat Are your databases very large or extremely active? If not, a nightly pg_dump (or pg_dumpall) should suffice. I've found the combination of PostgreSQL and FreeBSD to be very stable. If you need more frequent backups, you might consider one of the replication solutions for PostgreSQL. Here are links to a couple of them that I found at PgFoundry: http://pgfoundry.org/projects/slony1/ http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgpool/ I haven't used any of the replication solutions. Hopefully, someone else will chime in with additional information/advice. Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Backing up postgresql data
Hello Pat, Just advice from another user -- I always used the dump facility and have restored the data successfully using this method. Thge only glitch that I can ever recall was self-inflicted as I upgraded the DB and then the data couldn't be directly restored. That was a while ago and my memory may not be perfect on that detail. Bob Lee Quoting Pat Maddox [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I've got postgresql 8 running on my system, and want to do nightly backups of the database. I took a look at the docs, and there are a few methods of doing backups - pg_dump, file system level, and using WAL. I just want to be able to rsync my data every night, maybe every few hours, so that I can recover it if there are any problems...so what's the best way to do this. Are there any scripts or utilities available to make my life easy? Thanks, Pat ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- * I prefer mail in plain text format ** PGP/GnuPG: D3EE2269 pgp.mit.edu ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
