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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-03-17 05:03:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2005-03-17 05:03:37 +0000 |
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Document use of rsync for file system backups.
Tino Wildenhain
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index 02d07f6c2f4..00efde7ee29 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.56 2005/02/25 04:56:01 momjian Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.57 2005/03/17 05:03:37 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="backup"> <title>Backup and Restore</title> @@ -374,6 +374,15 @@ tar -cf backup.tar /usr/local/pgsql/data </para> <para> + Another option is to use <application>rsync</> to perform a file + system backup. First, while the database server is running, + run <application>rsync</>, then shut down the database + server and perform a second <application>rsync</>, then + restart the database server. This allows a file system backup to be + performed with minimal downtime. + </para> + + <para> Note that a file system backup will not necessarily be smaller than an SQL dump. On the contrary, it will most likely be larger. (<application>pg_dump</application> does not need to dump |