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From: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com>
To: Porwal, Utkarsh <utkarsh.porwal@emc.com>
To: pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Advise on restoring from FileSystem backup
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 11:00:13 -0600
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On Sep 7, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Porwal, Utkarsh <utkarsh.porwal@emc.com> wrote:
> 
> But the filesystem backup should work, isn't it?

Yes, if:

- You've actually stopped the db when you think you have.
- You've actually correctly copied the data directory.
- Nothing mysterious was modifying the data while you were copying it.

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