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
>
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