[ADMIN] Backup Strategies?

2007-02-02 Thread Joshua Kramer
Hello All, What strategies are people using for automated, script-based backup of databases? There are a few I can think of: 1. Create a "db_backup" unix user and a "db_backup" pgsql user. Grant READ access to all objects on all databases for the "db_backup" pgsql user. Create a .pgpass

Re: [ADMIN] Backup Strategies?

2007-02-05 Thread Joshua Kramer
do the job using pg_dump/pg_dumpall, in case you need the incremental backup you can opt for PITR WAL based archive logs... -- Shoaib Mir EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com) On 2/3/07, Joshua Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello All, What strategies are people using for automated, s

Re: [ADMIN] Isolated databases or instances

2007-02-16 Thread Joshua Kramer
If you really need three discrete instances, you might want to look at using vmware to set up three separate virtual machines, each with their own IPs etc... on that one box. This was my thought; depending on how much RAM you have in each blade, you could have two virtual servers on each blad

Re: [ADMIN] which distro, or to build

2007-03-20 Thread Joshua Kramer
David, I'm getting really mad at RHEL 4. They do not package a recent postgres in the base distro, and only put 8.1.x in a disk call lamp-beta... So now I wonder what a 'recommended' way of running postgresql is -- meaning, any linux distro will do, just build it -- Why not just download the

Re: [ADMIN] which distro, or to build

2007-03-21 Thread Joshua Kramer
d Bear wrote: On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 09:06:35PM -0400, Joshua Kramer wrote: David, I'm getting really mad at RHEL 4. They do not package a recent postgres in the base distro, and only put 8.1.x in a disk call lamp-beta... So now I wonder what a 'recommended' way of running

Re: [ADMIN] [pgadmin-support] Motivations for PostgreSQL

2007-04-10 Thread Joshua Kramer
Aaron, You might want to probe a little further. Even though you know their reason for wanting SQL Server - "cause it's what they know" - ask them specifically what advantages SQL Server will give them over their current setup. If you know what *they think* their objections are, then you ar

Re: [ADMIN]

2007-05-23 Thread Joshua Kramer
I already found that it's possible to store passwords in the file pgpass.conf in the %APPDATA% directory. But that file isn't stored in that location. In fact it doesn't exist in my disk. I already checked the "Store password" Filipe, You need to create that file yourself. Using the format

Re: [ADMIN] PostgreSQL Training?

2007-05-29 Thread Joshua Kramer
Also note that RedHat does PostgreSQL training: https://www.redhat.com/training/developer/courses/rdb147.html Note, however, that this is "RedHat Database" training. "RedHat Database" was a rebranded PostgreSQL 7.3.4 introduced back around 2004; so I'm not sure if this training would include

Re: [ADMIN] Deploying Postgresql Along My Windows App

2008-04-15 Thread Joshua Kramer
Hello Valter, I am doing something similar with the Windows installer for the PostBooks project. Basically, what I do is this: 1. Use the Postgres windows installer to install 8.2.7 2. Import all the application's databases. 3. Using the NSIS Installer Generation app: 1. Include all files u