In addition, postgis has a perl script (postgis_restore.pl) for handling
restores of the custom hard dump described in the postgreSQL manual.
First dump the old db: pg_dump -Fc MYDB MYDB.dmp
Then build your new DB, install PostGIS, install topology and/or raster if you
are using them, and finally pass the MYDB.dmp file to the perl script.
createdb MYDB
psql -f postgis/postgis.sql
psql -f topology/topology.sql
psql -f raster/raster.sql
postgis_restore.pl MYDB.dmp | psql MYDB
The instructions are all in the script.
Jack Gold
BAE SYSTEMS
-Original Message-
From: postgis-users-boun...@postgis.refractions.net
[mailto:postgis-users-boun...@postgis.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Greg
Williamson
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 2:56 PM
To: PostGIS Users Discussion
Subject: Re: [postgis-users] postgresql backup
Sean --
Check the postgres manual for your version for details.
pg_dumpall -- used to backup an entire cluster (all databases); can be used to
backup global info such as users / roles as well.
pg_dump -- used to backup a single database (no global info); like fumpall can
be told to do schema only, data only, or both.
Both can output to a plain text SQL file that can be used to restore from the
file, such as psql -d mynewdb dump.sql
Both can output in compressed formats (highly desirable in some circumstances)
which are then restored using pg_restore.
The manual will provide more details; try dumping to a text file first and
study what it has. Then move to the more compressed formats.
You can use these to migrate to a new version of postgres; in that case you
want to use the most recent version of pg_dump / restore to do the work. The
newer versions know how to read older databases and collect all the needed data.
HTH,
Greg Williamson
ps the postgres admin mailing list might be a good place to ask more pointed
questions since it has a lot of DBAs looking at it; this forum probably has
more GIS types who may well rely on a regular DBA to do this sort of
(necessary) work.
- Original Message -
From: Sean Christopher Conway se...@backroadmapbooks.com
To: PostGIS Users Discussion postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 10:10 AM
Subject: [postgis-users] postgresql backup
Hello, I am fairly new to POSTGIS and postgresql in general and am
wondering if somebody can explain to me the best and most efficient
way to backup and restore postgresql databases. Kind regards,
Sean.
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