Re: PITR Backups

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Wasn't it select pg_start_backup('backuplabel');?

Andreas

Kurt Overberg wrote:
> You can use the psql command line to run:
>
> "select pg_start_backup();"
>
> ...then when you're done,
>
> "select pg_stop_backup();"
>
> if you want an example from the unix command line:
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> psql -c "select pg_start_backup();" database_name
>
> then
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> psql -c "select pg_stop_backup();" database_name
>
> /kurt
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2007, at 7:51 AM, Dan Gorman wrote:
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>> Ah okay. I understand now. So how can I signal postgres I'm about to
>> take a backup ? (read doc from previous email ? )
>>
>> Regards,
>> Dan Gorman
>>
>> On Jun 22, 2007, at 4:38 AM, Simon Riggs wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 04:10 -0700, Dan Gorman wrote:
>>>> This snapshot is done at the LUN (filer) level, postgres is un-aware
>>>> we're creating a backup, so I'm not sure how pg_start_backup() plays
>>>> into this ...
>>>
>>> Postgres *is* completely unaware that you intend to take a backup, that
>>> is *exactly* why you must tell the server you intend to make a backup,
>>> using pg_start_backup() and pg_stop_backup(). That way Postgres will
>>> flush its buffers, so that they are present on storage when you make the
>>> backup.
>>>
>>> Is the procedure for Oracle or any other transactional RDBMS any
>>> different?
>>>
>>> -- Simon Riggs
>>> EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>
>>>
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