I would check the source of the catalog backup script and see what options it 
uses.

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On 2012-03-29, at 10:15 AM, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I don't think bacula uses oids, however, it doesn't hurt if you
> include them (I think).
> 
> What pgsql version are you using? (you said 8, but: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4).
> 
> You could also use online backups, and do WAL archiving (maybe even
> continuous WAL archiving), here:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/backup-online.html  (that's
> for 8.0), or here:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/continuous-archiving.html
> (for 8.4).  Depending on your DB size, this method will save you some
> time for daily backups (because you can just "add" WAL files, like an
> incremental backup).
> 
> Ildefonso.
> 
> 2012/3/28 Thomas Bennett <bennet...@appstate.edu>:
>> I am having some hardware issues because of several HVAC outages.  So if I
>> am doing a pg_dump of the bacula database on PostgreSQL, do I need to
>> include oids?
>> 
>> From pg_dump man
>> 
>> -o
>>        --oids Dump  object  identifiers  (OIDs)  as  part of the data for
>> every table. Use this option if your application references the OID
>>               columns in some way (e.g., in a foreign key constraint).
>>  Otherwise, this option should not be used.
>> 
>> This is Bacula 3 PostgreSQL 8.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Thomas
>> 
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