On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:27 AM, raghu ram <raghuchennuru(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi Postgres Guru's,
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> Is it possible to use the Hot Backup (PITR Backup) of PostgreSQL on an
> Operating system to restore the database on other Operating system.
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> No, it isn't. Physical (PITR) backups are based on copying the physical
files directly off the database server. The only way to move from one
platform / architecture to another is to use a 'logical' method vs. the
physical copy involved with PITR.
--Scott