Re: Clone database using rsync?

On 11/05/2013 03:41 PM, matt@byrney.com wrote:
> Copying the data folder should work as long as you stop the postgres
> service on the production server before starting the copy and don't start
> it up again until the copy finishes.  pg_dump and pg_restore (look them up
> in the online docs) will get the job done without you having to take the
> production server offline.
>
> If you go with the folder copy and your installation has postgresql.conf,
> pg_hba.conf and so on in your data folder, you'll probably want to edit
> them after the copy - more logging, different security etc.

OP did not say what version they where on but pg_basebackup could be an
option, no shutdown necessary either:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/interactive/app-pgbasebackup.html

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> Matt
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>> I need to clone production database to development  server ? What is the
>> best
>> and simplest way to achieve that? Both my production and development
>> postgres versions are same. Will copy over data folder using rsync work?
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>> Thanks in advance.
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