Re: Backup to Tape Incomplete - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Backup to Tape Incomplete
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Msg-id dcc563d10802242208v34d47342yfc4baf07f240740a@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Backup to Tape Incomplete  ("Phillip Smith" <phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au>)
Responses Re: Backup to Tape Incomplete
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On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Phillip Smith
<phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au> wrote:
> PostgreSQL 8.2.4
>  RedHat ES4
>
>  I have a nightly cron job that is (supposed) to dump a specific database to
>  magnetic tape:
>         /usr/local/bin/pg_dump dbname > /dev/st0
>
>  This runs, and doesn't throw any errors, but when I try to restore it fails
>  because the tape is incomplete:

A couple of possible things to try; pg_dump to a text file and try
cat'ting that to the tape drive, or pipe it through tar and then to
the tape.

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