Re: Backup and Restore

Dave-

I ran into this recently & made a similar inquiry of the list. Apparently
the pg_restore dependency problems are known issues, but not fixed in 7.2. I
haven't looked to see if it is fixed in 7.3 yet.

In our case, space was not an issue and backups run quickly enough that I
just do two backups each night- one to tar format in case I want to restore
individual tables, and one to text format so I can do a complete restore
with ease.

Before taking this approach I also played around a bit with both the TOC and
creating a shell script with a bunch of pg_restores in the correct order. I
quickly concluded that as long as space allows, I preferred the simpler
approach of two backups since I don't have to remember to edit my shell
script every time a make a change to the database. Like you, I prefer my
tools for mid-disaster to be simple.

-Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of David A. Leedom
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:56 AM
> To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [ADMIN] Backup and Restore
>
>
> I am using 7.2.x. When I run pg_dump on a database the objects are not
> loaded in the correct dependency order.
>
> Soooo.... when I run pg_restore it fails because objects that are needed
> have not been restored yet (ie. trieds to restore a view that
> points to a
> table that has not yet been restored). I then monkey around with
> the Table
> of Contents (TOC) and am able to get the restore to work.
>
> In the middle of a disaster I don't want to have to mess to the TOC.
>
> What are others doing who are running into this situation.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Leedom
>
>
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