Re: PITR backup & Restore issue

From: Scott Mead <scott(dot)lists(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: raghu ram <raghuchennuru(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PITR backup & Restore issue
Date: 2010-05-05 15:31:12
Message-ID: p2td3ab2ec81005050831z481066a8vdbe593c4728a667c@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 11:27 AM, raghu ram <raghuchennuru(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Postgres Guru's,
>
>
> Is it possible to use the Hot Backup (PITR Backup) of PostgreSQL on an
> Operating system to restore the database on other Operating system.
>
>
> 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

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