| From: | "John J(dot) Urbaniak" <jjurban(at)attglobal(dot)net> |
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| To: | "John J(dot) Urbaniak" <jjurban(at)attglobal(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Backups |
| Date: | 2005-07-14 16:10:17 |
| Message-ID: | 42D68E69.2010407@attglobal.net |
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OOPS! I guess I have to reverse steps 1 and 2 below.
John
John J. Urbaniak wrote:
>>See
>>http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/backup.html
>>for discussion --- what you propose is the "file system backup"
>>approach.
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
>>
>>
> Thank you for the quick reply. I think I am going to like working
> with PostGreSQL. The documentation refers to "tar" - I just wanted
> to make sure that zip would work as well. I am using Rexx, so I think
> I can write a CMD to
>
> 1. Stop the postmaster
> 2. Vacuum the database
> 3. Zip the directory
> 4. Write the zip file to CD or DVD
> 5. Start postmaster again
>
> Again, thanks.
>
> John
>
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