Isn't Greenplum's database based on PostgresSQL?

If so, while not officially supported by NBU, whatever you can find  
online with regards to that you can probably leverage: post- and pre-  
scripts as mentioned, but also using WAL files to achieve PITR if you  
don't want to do straight dumps.

On Jul 22, 2010, at 02:36, JC Cheney wrote:

> The simple way would be to dump the data to disk with a pre-backup
> scripts and then remove it with a post-backup script.
>
> If you wanted to get fancy then you could look at using pipes to  
> connect
> the greenplum database dump command to bpbkar. Although a bit more
> complex to setup in the first instance it does give better flexibility
> in the long run and avoids the need for all that extra disk space...
>
> Another option would be to quiesce the database and then perform a
> regular backup, or maybe split a mirror off and then back that up.
>
>
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>
> I do apologize for this question, it is not a NBU specific question,
>
> However, I was wondering if anybody in this community has Greenplum
> Databases in their environment and if they do, how are they securing
> this data?
>
> NBU officially does not support this type of DB and I was looking for
> direction as to how to secure this data.

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