X-Original-To: pgsql-admin-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1778DA22A for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:04:24 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42599-07 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:04:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from news.hub.org (news.hub.org [200.46.204.72]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DC79DA220 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:04:19 -0300 (ADT) Received: from news.hub.org (news.hub.org [200.46.204.72]) by news.hub.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j95G4Iam072746 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:04:18 GMT (envelope-from news@news.hub.org) Received: (from news@localhost) by news.hub.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j95G45jC072480 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 16:04:05 GMT (envelope-from news) From: Chris Browne X-Newsgroups: pgsql.admin Subject: Re: backup software for postgresql Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 12:00:19 -0400 Organization: cbbrowne Computing Inc Lines: 14 Message-ID: <60ek70lzsc.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> References: <20051002120645.3BBECD8EF0@svr1.postgresql.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.17 (Jumbo Shrimp, linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/c0xVimA8v5nR4+XtUi/onQ+QXk= To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.482 required=5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-2.82, AWL=0.338] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200510/70 X-Sequence-Number: 19142 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... -- let name="cbbrowne" and tld="ntlug.org" in name ^ "@" ^ tld;; http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/backup.html "sic transit discus mundi" -- From the System Administrator's Guide, by Lars Wirzenius