On Jan 24, 2008 1:08 PM, Dominic Carlucci <carlucci@cae.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
> We have a center in Europe who has just started to use PostgreSQL and
> was asking me if there are any Symantec product or other products that
> backup this type of database. We presently run VERITAS ver9.1 on
> windows2003 server. What is being used by users out there now. We are
> thinking of upgrading to the latest Symantec backup exec software but am not
> sure if this version does backup PostgreSQL. When called for support they
> told me to go to the Symantec site and search the compatibility list. I
> didn't find anything dealing with PostgreSQL database.
> Any answer would help me simplify my backup situation.
Not sure if there's some kind of special plug in for Symantec, but
basically, you want to run pg_dump or pg_dumpall and then point
symantec to back up the file thus created.
