Re: Online Backups PostGre

----- "Joshua D. Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-05-01 at 09:22 -0700, PostGre Newbie wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
>
> > I searched the web and I know I should get a snapshot of the
> > filesystem and then backup the WAL archive logs but this is the
> part
> > where I am confused. I do not know of any open source backup
> utilities
> > that can take snapshots of the filesystem. I get the overall
> concept
> > of online backups but I am still unclear EXACTLY how the system
> works.
> > I would be grateful if anyone could explain it to me. I have
> already
> > gone through the postgresql document on online backups.
>
> Well that's just it. Out of the box it doesn't actually work.
> PostgreSQL
> only gives you the facilities to roll your own PITR solution. You can
> look at PITR Tools:
>
> https://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pitrtools
>
> It doesn't quite work on Windows due to lack of rsync and signaling
> differences but could give you an idea of how to move forward with
> your
> own implementation.
>
> I would also note that Win32 8.1 is deprecated and unsupported. You
> need
> to update to at least 8.2.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake

For the rsync requirement you want to take a look at:
DeltaCopy
http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp

Adrian Klaver
aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net