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

From Albe Laurenz
Subject Re: [GENERAL] VM-Ware Backup of VM safe?
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Msg-id A737B7A37273E048B164557ADEF4A58B7221B963@ntex2010i.host.magwien.gv.at
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In response to [GENERAL] VM-Ware Backup of VM safe?  (Thomas Güttler <guettliml@thomas-guettler.de>)
Responses Re: [GENERAL] VM-Ware Backup of VM safe?  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
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Thomas Güttler wrote:
> 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?

I don't know about VMware, but the general rule is that
if the backup is truly atomic (it is guaranteed to capture
a consistent state of the file system), you can use it
to backup the database.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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