Re: backup file system

Francisco :

Would you tell me what problem did you face when you try to restore the
database from backup filesystem?

Fushan

-----Original Message-----
From: Francisco Solari [mailto:fsolari@prosalud.com.ar]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 5:41 AM
To: Leong, Fushan
Cc: 'pgsql-admin@postgresql.org'
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] backup file system


I had the same problem, but backing up the filesystem isn't the solution. I
did
it and when I tried to restore the database was impossible. If anyone knows
how
to solve this problem please let me know

"Leong, Fushan" wrote:

> Hi :
>
> I am very new in postgres and hope someone can give me some suggestions
>
> I am working on a shell script to backup my postgres database.  Compared
> with pg_dump and pg_dumpall, I would
> like to backup the file system instead of dump the database  because I can
> shutdown the database server in
> midnight for a few hours.  I also can sure I will have a stable backup. (
No
> user is doing anything at the same time )
>
> I search internet but did not find anyone mention this method.  Did I miss
> anything?  I plan to backup all
> files under data directory.  Is that enough?
>
> thanks
> Fushan
> DBA
>
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