Re: backups

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 11:56:20 -0400,
"mcelroy, tim" <tim(dot)mcelroy(at)bostonstock(dot)com> wrote:
> Thanks for the quick answer Scott. I thought so but wanted to double-check.
> I was asked by the person who performs our system backups if just backing up
> the directory where I put the nightly backups (created with pg_dump) was
> enough. I also have them backing up /var/lib/pgsql and everything under
> that and they're complaining that it's taking too long. I would think we
> would also want to back up the pg_xlog directory though. Or is that
> overkill? Is there a standard in the PG community I should follow? Is just
> performing the pg_dump and saving that to tape enough? I just don't want to
> get bit in the butt if I tell him to not back something up that should be
> backed up.

You might want to make sure you have the configuration files backed up as well.