Re: Backup - Mailing list pgsql-admin

Currently backups are performed on the master database and I want to offload that load to the standby



Sabry Sadiq
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lonni J Friedman [mailto:netllama@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012 12:15 PM
To: Sabry Sadiq
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Backup

I don't know, I've never tried.  If I had to guess, I'd say no, as that version doesn't support cascading replication.

You never stated, how are you currently performing backups?

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Sabry Sadiq <ssadiq@whispir.com> wrote:
> Does it work well with version 9.1.3?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lonni J Friedman [mailto:netllama@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012 12:13 PM
> To: Sabry Sadiq
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Backup
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> There aren't any, assuming that all of the servers are using the same postgresql.conf.  I'm referring to running
pg_basebackup.
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> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Sabry Sadiq <ssadiq@whispir.com> wrote:
>> HI Lonni,
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>> I am new to postgres.. How do I go about doing it? What are the gotchas?
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>> Kind Regards,
>> Sabry
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>> Sabry Sadiq
>> Systems Administrator
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lonni J Friedman [mailto:netllama@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012 12:11 PM
>> To: Sabry Sadiq
>> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
>> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Backup
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>> Yes.  Works fine in 9.2.x.
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>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Sabry Sadiq <ssadiq@whispir.com> wrote:
>>> Hi All,
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>>> Has anyone been successful in offloading the database backup from
>>> the production database to the standby database?
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>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Sabry