From: Dinesh Bhandary <dbhandary@iii.com>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: postgres backup ( logical using pg_dump) using AMANDA
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:24:39 -0800
Message-ID: <4F396377.2080303@iii.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F390C4F0200002500045488@gw.wicourts.gov>
References: <4F395D23.2090009@iii.com>
<4F390C4F0200002500045488@gw.wicourts.gov>
Yes, by wall logging I meant to say PITR backup.
We have a need for logical backup (pg_dump) in addition to PTIR backup
using wall logs.
I can't quite understand why there is no plugin for pg_dump since it is
such a popular tool to do logical backup.
Thanks.
Dinesh
On 2/13/2012 11:12 AM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
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