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Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula for backing up postgres

2009-01-03 14:41:50
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula for backing up postgres
From: "John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: "Dan Langille" <dan AT langille DOT org>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 14:39:59 -0500
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org> wrote:
> Eduardo J. Ortega U. wrote:
>> Hi, all:
>>
>> I am considering bacula for backing up a server whose primary role is
>> PostgreSQL. My question is, is bacula appropriate for taking online
>> postgres backups (considering that a filesystem backup when the
>> database is running is a badf solution) ?
>
> Look at PITR (Point In Time Recovery).  This may be acceptable to you.
>
Sounds interesting. I did not know about that.

BTW, the postgresql manual has a few different methods and a very
detailed explanation of each.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/backup.html

John

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