The latest Postgres has a script someone wrote called '502.pgsql' which vacuums and dumps all the databases. Should be in the files area of the source. It was intended for FreeBSD, but I don't think it really matters.
HTH On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: > On 13 Jun 2002, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > >I just finished reading `Unix Backup and Recovery' and realized that there > >are quite a few holes in my disaster recovery plan. In particular, I'm > >looking for a way to backup PostgreSQL without taking the database offline. > >I'm assuming that whatever method I use will involve writing a wrapper > >script to prepare the backup, launch Amanda, then clean up afterward, but > >that's about as much as I've guessed right now. > > Checkout pg_dump(1). Setup a cron job which runs pg_dump to a logrotate > style directory of database dumps which are picked up by amanda in its > nightly run. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Doug Silver Network Manager Urchin Software Corp. http://www.urchin.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
