Re: Howto: Using PITR recovery for standby replication

["Benjamin Krajmalnik" <kraj(at)illumen(dot)com>]

Title: Re: [ADMIN] Howto: Using PITR recovery for standby replication

1.  Dropped database

2.  Recreated blank databas

3.  C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.1\bin\pg_restore.exe -i -h 172.20.0.32 -p 5432 -U postgres -d events -v "C:\Documents and Settings\administrator.MS\testbk.backup"
pg_restore: connecting to database for restore
pg_restore: creating SCHEMA public
pg_restore: creating COMMENT SCHEMA public
pg_restore: creating PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE plpgsql
pg_restore: creating TABLE appointments
pg_restore: executing SEQUENCE SET appointments_id_seq
pg_restore: restoring data for table "appointments"
pg_restore: setting owner and privileges for SCHEMA public
pg_restore: setting owner and privileges for COMMENT SCHEMA public
pg_restore: setting owner and privileges for ACL public
pg_restore: setting owner and privileges for PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE plpgsql
pg_restore: setting owner and privileges for TABLE appointments

Process returned exit code 0.

(the above is the result of a sample restore - the database is a simple database with very few records, and was backed up when no activity was taking place against it, unlike our production database).

 

Maybe I am using the wrong switches altogether to accomplish my end results.

 

Thanks a million for your willingness to point me in the right direction.

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From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com]
Sent: Thu 4/20/2006 10:35 PM
To: Benjamin Krajmalnik
Cc: Tom Lane; pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Howto: Using PITR recovery for standby replication

Benjamin Krajmalnik wrote:

> I am a newbie, so I essentially invoked pg_dump from with pgAdmin3,
> with the defaults (including large objects).  This is the command
> being issued:
> 
> .C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.1\bin\pg_dump.exe -i -h 172.20.0.32 -p 5432 -U postgres -F c -b -v -f "C:\Documents and Settings\administrator.MS\testbk.backup" events
> 
> What I assumed was happening (and I may have very well been wrong) was
> that I was getting a consistent backup of the object at the time that
> it was processed, but not the database as a whole.

This command should produce a consistent dump of all the objects in the
database.  (Not a consistent view of each object in isolation, which is
AFAIU what you are saying.)

Next question is, how are you restoring this dump?

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