Re: Online Backups PostGre

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 12:06 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>
>> Well that's just it. Out of the box it doesn't actually work. PostgreSQL
>> only gives you the facilities to roll your own PITR solution. You can
>> look at PITR Tools:
>>
>> https://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pitrtools
>>
>> It doesn't quite work on Windows due to lack of rsync and signaling
>> differences but could give you an idea of how to move forward with your
>> own implementation.
>>
>
> Quite possibly 'robocopy' from Microsoft somewhere (doesn't come with
> windows, but was part of an admin kit or something) would be a workable
> replacement for the rsync part.

There is an rsync for windows, called delta copy:

http://www.aboutmyip.com/AboutMyXApp/DeltaCopy.jsp