Re: [ADMIN] Recover postgres database

2009-09-22 Thread nalini
Yes there are bad sectors . I tried to restore backup on a local server but the dump fails with the error somenumber.dat missing - Original Message - From: S Arvind Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:25 pm Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Recover postgres database To: nalini Cc: pgsql-admin

Re: [ADMIN] Recover postgres database

2009-09-22 Thread S Arvind
3 am > Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Recover postgres database > To: nalini > Cc: pgsql-admin > > > Is the backup is made by pg_dump or copying the entire data folder? > > > > -Arvind S > > > > > > "Many of lifes failure are people who did not realize

Re: [ADMIN] Recover postgres database

2009-09-22 Thread nalini
Backup is with pg_dump -Ft command ie tar backup - Original Message - From: S Arvind Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:13 am Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Recover postgres database To: nalini Cc: pgsql-admin > Is the backup is made by pg_dump or copying the entire data folder? > >

Re: [ADMIN] Recover postgres database

2009-09-22 Thread S Arvind
Is the backup is made by pg_dump or copying the entire data folder? -Arvind S "Many of lifes failure are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -Thomas Edison On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 5:01 PM, nalini wrote: > I am unable to recover my data due hard disk