Greetings,
* Ron (ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com) wrote:
> An interesting idea. To clarify: it's possible to parallel backup a running
> 8.4 cluster remotely from a 9.6 system?
Yes, you can do a parallel backup, but you won't be able to get a
consistent snapshot. You'll need to pause all changes to the database
while the pg_dump processes connect and start their transactions to
have the backup be consistent.
Thanks,
Stephen