From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: backup software for postgresql
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:00:19 -0400
Message-ID: <60ek70lzsc.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> (raw)
References: <20051002120645.3BBECD8EF0@svr1.postgresql.org>
robertngo@perridot.com ("Robert Ngo") writes:
> Which backup software out there work well with postgresql, I cannot
> find one with backup agent for postgres.:p>
You don't need one.
You can simply schedule a job that runs "pg_dump" every so often
(daily is common) to save data to a file. Most competent backup
systems can backup data in files, so can pull the pg_dump output...
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