Re: [ADMIN] Postgres 8.0 Backups

2005-01-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:05, Tom Lane wrote: > >> In the context of online backup operations, that advice isn't relevant > >> anymore ... > > > Really, is this an 8.0 thing then, that I can make file system backups > > and expect them

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres 8.0 Backups

2005-01-24 Thread Tom Lane
Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:05, Tom Lane wrote: >> In the context of online backup operations, that advice isn't relevant >> anymore ... > Really, is this an 8.0 thing then, that I can make file system backups > and expect them to be coherent, or did I misu

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres 8.0 Backups

2005-01-24 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 12:05, Tom Lane wrote: > Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 10:47, Pallav Kalva wrote: > >> I am working on a backup script for Postgres 8.0 online backups and > >> since i have to copy the whole pgdata directory , i am wondering after i > >>

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres 8.0 Backups

2005-01-24 Thread Tom Lane
Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 10:47, Pallav Kalva wrote: >> I am working on a backup script for Postgres 8.0 online backups and >> since i have to copy the whole pgdata directory , i am wondering after i >> copy the pgdata directory can I run gzip or tar on the

Re: [ADMIN] Postgres 8.0 Backups

2005-01-24 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 10:47, Pallav Kalva wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I am working on a backup script for Postgres 8.0 online backups and > since i have to copy the whole pgdata directory , i am wondering after i > copy the pgdata directory can I run gzip or tar on the data directory ? > is