Can a database system be restored just from the data under the
installation directory?
I backed-up my database using rsync /var/lib/pgsql dest_directory
Then I upgraded my rpms from 7.3.4 to 7.4. Then I tried to start the
server as usual and it complained about version conflict (of course).
I
On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 16:42:18 -0700,
Chris Fjell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can a database system be restored just from the data under the
installation directory?
Only if the postmaster has been shut down. For live backups you should
be using pg_dumpall.
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