Re: Maintenance solutions

Hi Brian,

You will find good scripts here:
- https://github.com/pgexperts/pgx_scripts
- https://github.com/dataegret/pg-utils
- https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Index_Maintenance

For the backup, you have several tools in the community. The tool provided
by PostgreSQL core is too raw IMHO. It focuses on backups and I'd rather
have a way to restore my data than having a way to backup my data.
Here is a list of some open source backup tools:
- pg_basebackup (https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/app-pgbasebackup.html)
- barman (https://www.pgbarman.org/)
- pgbackrest (https://pgbackrest.org/)
- probackup (https://postgrespro.com/products/extensions/pg_probackup)

I strongly advise not to develop your own scripts to perform backup and
recovery, because there are so many ways this could go wrong...

Have a nice day,

Lætitia

Le mer. 15 janv. 2020 à 12:27, Brian Nielsen <brian(at)sqlpro(dot)se> a écrit :

> Hi!
>
> Thanks for you answer. I have now joined Slack (used it before).
>
> Which backup-scripts and indexmaintenance-scripts are you guys using in
> your prod-environments?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Brian
>
> 2020-01-15 10:28 skrev Lætitia Avrot:
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> Welcome to Postgres community!
> If you want to interact with the community, this mailing list is a great
> starting point. However, if you'd rather have more interactivity, may I
> suggest:
>
> - IRC (https://www.postgresql.org/community/irc/)
> - Slack (https://postgres-slack.herokuapp.com/)
> - Telegram (https://tgram.io/group/2290/pg_sql)
> - Twitter (a lot of people watch the #PostgreSQL hashtag, just ask
> your question and you should have answers)
> - Events (IRL meeting with community is so great, you'l find a list of
> local user groups and community events all around the world here:
> https://www.postgresql.org/community/
>
> About free scripts and tool, you will find so many of them that your main
> problem will be to choose the one you want to choose from :-D
>
> Have a nice day,
>
> Lætitia
>
>
>
>
>
> Le mer. 15 janv. 2020 à 10:19, Brian Nielsen <brian(at)sqlpro(dot)se> a écrit :
>
> Hi!
>
> First post here for me. I wrote the question below on StackOverflow but
> it wasnt allowed and I was directed to these mailinglists.
>
>
> From Stack:
> ------
> Im currently an MSSQL DBA and have been for soon 2 decades. However, Im
> very curious about PostgreSQL and want to learn more. I have installed
> it etc but coming from MSSQL where the community is awesome I fail to
> find a good community for PG where I can ask these questions. Im used to
> free scriptpackages on MSSQL like Ola Hallengrens backup solution or
> Adam Machanics sp_whoisactive/Brent Ozar sp_blitz.
>
> Im guessing (and hoping) that any such tools/scripts are available for
> PG but I fail to find it. Can anyone point me to either a nice tool like
> the ones mentioned above or a PG community that can help me out, or even
> better, to both?
> ------
>
> Big thanks in advance!
>
> Kind regards,
> Brian
>
>
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