Hello,
I'm using Red Hat
Enterprise v2.1 and PostgreSQL v7.3.4. Our hardware setup includes a large
Storage Area Network (SAN). The systems folks are going to utilize a
snapshot type backup to backup the file system. This snapshot will include
PGDATA and all the PostgreSQL files. My question is if I restore this
snapshot will PostgreSQL work? I know if doing a typical file system
backup of PostgreSQL I must first stop the postmaster or the backup will not
produce a useable PostgreSQL system. Is it necessary to stop the
postmaster for this snapshot backup also?
Thanks,
Ed
Murphy
The University of
Arizona
