X-Original-To: pgsql-admin-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DA1E9FA50E for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 16:35:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 62632-04 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 16:35:17 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from exchange.g2switchworks.com (mail.g2switchworks.com [63.87.162.25]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 674329FA2CB for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 16:35:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 10.10.1.37 ([10.10.1.37]) by exchange.g2switchworks.com ([10.10.1.2]) with Microsoft Exchange Server HTTP-DAV ; Wed, 10 May 2006 19:35:14 +0000 Received: from state.g2switchworks.com by mail.g2switchworks.com; 10 May 2006 14:35:14 -0500 Subject: Re: backups From: Scott Marlowe To: "mcelroy, tim" Cc: 'Bruno Wolff III' , "'pgsql-admin@postgresql.org'" In-Reply-To: <0C4841B42F87D51195BD00B0D020F5CB044B264B@MORPHEUS> References: <0C4841B42F87D51195BD00B0D020F5CB044B264B@MORPHEUS> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1147289714.9755.44.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 14:35:14 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/117 X-Sequence-Number: 21649 On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 14:11, mcelroy, tim wrote: > Excellent point Bruno, thanks. I must admit that I did think of that > and have already copied all my .conf files to the backup directory. I > should have noted that earlier. > > Thanks, > Tim Another thing to check is that your global data (i.e. user accounts) are being backed up. pg_dumpall does this, but individual pg_dumps do not. In our prod environment we run a backup of those accounts with 'pg_dumpall -g' every night as well.