Have you looked at pg_dump and/or pg_dumpall? That would be the more common way of performing backups.
I run 2 backup's nightly of our databases: 1) As part of a backup script, call pg_dumpall as the postgres *nix users and PG user, then pipe the output to a file on a remote server. 2) As a cronjob: pg_dumpall > /dev/st0 Cheers, -p On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 01:51 -0500, Joshua Kramer wrote: > Hello All, > > What strategies are people using for automated, script-based backup of > databases? There are a few I can think of: > > 1. Create a "db_backup" unix user and a "db_backup" pgsql user. Grant > READ access to all objects on all databases for the "db_backup" pgsql > user. Create a .pgpass file in the home directory of the "db_backup" unix > user. Backup as needed with a script run as the "db_backup" unix user. > > 2. Create a "db_backup" unix user and repeat above, except using the > "postgres" db user. > > Thanks, > -Josh > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
