Re: [SPAM] Re: [GENERAL] VM-Ware Backup of VM safe? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Moreno Andreo
Subject Re: [SPAM] Re: [GENERAL] VM-Ware Backup of VM safe?
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Msg-id 95f5e3b3-15d9-dd94-fe8a-def32aab0679@evolu-s.it
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] VM-Ware Backup of VM safe?  ("Klaus P. Pieper" <kpi6288@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [SPAM] Re: [GENERAL] VM-Ware Backup of VM safe?  ("Klaus P. Pieper" <kpi6288@gmail.com>)
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Il 20/09/2017 17:15, Klaus P. Pieper ha scritto:
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-
>> owner@postgresql.org] Im Auftrag von Thomas Güttler
>> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 20. September 2017 10:03
>> An: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>> Betreff: [GENERAL] VM-Ware Backup of VM safe?
>>
>> We run a PostgreSQL 9.6 server in a virtual machine.
>>
>> The virtual machine is managed by the customer.
>>
>> He does backup the VM.
>>
>> Is this enough, is this safe?
> When you run MS SQL Server on Hyper-V / Windows, the SQL Server provides ist own VSS writer responding to a taking a
snapshot.This ensures that the image oft he SQL database is in a safe stake when the backup is written.
 
I may be wrong, as I don't know MS SQL Server, but in the way you 
describe it, you make me come in mind pg_basebackup().




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