Re: Advise on restoring from FileSystem backup

From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com>
To: "Porwal, Utkarsh" <utkarsh(dot)porwal(at)emc(dot)com>, pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Advise on restoring from FileSystem backup
Date: 2015-09-07 17:00:13
Message-ID: 997E465A-FFEC-4805-BF7A-F2D8872ED96B@elevated-dev.com
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On Sep 7, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Porwal, Utkarsh <utkarsh(dot)porwal(at)emc(dot)com> wrote:
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> But the filesystem backup should work, isn't it?

Yes, if:

- You've actually stopped the db when you think you have.
- You've actually correctly copied the data directory.
- Nothing mysterious was modifying the data while you were copying it.

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