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From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
To: <dbhandary@iii.com>,<pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: postgres backup ( logical using pg_dump) using
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Dinesh Bhandary <dbhandary@iii.com> wrote:
 
> Has anyone done postgres logical backup (pg_dump) using Amanda ( 
> Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver).
> So far I have seen plugin for wall logging method, but have not
> found any information on pg_dump.
 
IMO, there aren't many situations where regular backups should be
done with pg_dump instead of PITR backup techniques.  (Is that what
you meant by "wall logging method"?)  You might take lack of a
pg_dump plugin as a sign that nobody else has yet considered it a
good idea.
 
-Kevin