Re: PITR online backups Setup

On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:33:52 +0000, Renato Oliveira
<renato.oliveira@grant.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am trying to setup PITR for online backup and also to create a more
> robust setup, in case our primary Postgres dies.
>
> I am testing this setup on Centos 5.4, Postgres version: 8.1.18 (not
sure
> why Centos has this old version by default).

Get off 8.1.18, use www.pgsqlrpms.org.

You want AT LEAST 8.3.

Also, make your life even easier:

https://projects.commandprompt.com/public/pitrtools

Joshua D. Drake

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