Re: Out of space making backup

> Reading between the lines, I suspect you are trying to use 'tar' output
> format, which does have a need to make temp files that can be large.
> If I guessed right, I'd suggest using 'custom' format instead.  There
> really is no advantage to tar format, and several disadvantages besides
> this one.
>
>                        regards, tom lane

That sounds right. The error I get from the software is 2009/12/25
10:21:40.812: [00001EA8][ThreadBackupRestore] Restore Error: pg_dump:
[tar archiver] could not write to output file: No space left on device

Is there a way to have postgre put those large temp files on a
different drive? I only have 4GB free on my C: drive and once the
temp files go over that I get an out of space error. I have tons of
free space on other drives, including the one where I am asking that
the final backup.zip file goes.

As for changing the backup to a custom format, I will pass that on to
the developer of the software.