| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Vanessa Lopez <v(dot)lopez(at)open(dot)ac(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | decibel <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: REINDEX "is not a btree" |
| Date: | 2009-07-10 15:09:52 |
| Message-ID: | 23317.1247238592@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Vanessa Lopez <v(dot)lopez(at)open(dot)ac(dot)uk> writes:
> What do you mean by we can't simply take a filesystem copy of a
> running database? :-O ... How should we then do the backups (so next
> time I will not have the same problem again) ?
Read the fine manual ...
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/backup.html
Section 24.2 explains the pitfalls of trying to use a filesystem-level
backup. It is possible to do, but you have to be very very careful
to get a consistent snapshot.
regards, tom lane
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