> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Andrus
> Sent: 13 April 2006 11:43
> To: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] how to create backup copies
>
> > To be honest for a simple backup on the local machine
> you'll be better
> > off running it from task scheduler. pgAgent is better suited to
> > running batch processing jobs that may run on any one of a
> number of
> > nodes, or SQL jobs that run directly on the database.
>
> Using pgAgent allows me to monitor backup status remotely
> using pgadmin or making sql queries to pgagent schema,
> without need to log-in and open RDP port in server.
>
> So I'd prefer to use pgAgent even for simple backup if possible.
>
Good point.
Regards, Dave.