| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Jodi Kanter <jkanter(at)virginia(dot)edu> |
| Cc: | Postgres Admin List <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: lost database |
| Date: | 2003-12-09 17:18:55 |
| Message-ID: | 200312091818.55401.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Jodi Kanter wrote:
> I am not sure I understand your question. why does the type of backup
> matter? It is a tape backup and it includes the entire /var directory
> where the pgsql directory exists.
That was the missing piece of information.
> I am trying to determine what
> particular files need to be retrieved in order to restore the
> database as it existed yesterday. Is this possible?
> Thanks for the assistance.
Shut down the server if still running, put back the entire data
directory (probably /var/lib/pgsql in your case), and start the server.
Partial restoration is not possibly from file system backup.
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