Re: [ADMIN] Snapshot as Backup

2004-01-16 Thread Jeff
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 02:00:45 +0530 Sai Hertz And Control Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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

Re: [ADMIN] Snapshot as Backup

2004-01-13 Thread Sai Hertz And Control Systems
Dear Ed Murphy , 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

Re: [ADMIN] Snapshot as Backup

2004-01-13 Thread Matt Clark
ROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ed MurphySent: 13 January 2004 17:16To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [ADMIN] Snapshot as Backup Hello,   I'm using Red Hat Enterprise v2.1 and PostgreSQL v7.3.4.  Our hardware setup includes a large Storage Area Network (SAN).  Th

[ADMIN] Snapshot as Backup

2004-01-13 Thread Ed Murphy
Title: Message 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 PostgreSQ