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Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder

From	Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net>
Newsgroups	comp.databases.postgresql
Subject	Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder
Date	2017-04-28 12:39 +0100
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DFS <nospam@dfs.com> writes:
> On 4/23/2017 5:15 PM, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
>> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> writes:
>>> Windows
>>> Postgres 9.6.2
>>>
>>> On install I set the /data directory to a data drive (D:\)
>>>
>>> How much trouble will it cause if I:
>>>
>>> 1) backup that entire /data directory by copying it to a backup place
>>> 2) reinstall Postgres (and set the /data directory to the same
>>>     location as before)
>>> 3) copy over the new /data directory with my backup?
>>>
>>> No pgdump - just copy and replace files.
>>
>> Is there a reason why you want to follow such a cumbersome and fragile
>> procedure?
>
>
> 1) it seems very uncumbersome to just copy a folder to a backup drive

Why do you want to hunt the system for "folders" based on some
assumption about the disk usage of the DBMS instead of just using
pg_dump?

> 2) why is it 'fragile'?

Have you verified that your assumptions about the disk usage are correct
by checking the source and received from assurance from the developers
that they're set in stone?

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Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-15 23:17 -0400
  Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Terry Shanks <deep@shallow.house> - 2017-04-19 20:11 +0100
    Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-28 00:45 -0400
      Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Terry Shanks <deep@shallow.house> - 2017-05-02 00:07 +0100
        Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-05-02 11:48 -0400
          Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri.fontaine@schibsted.com> - 2017-05-03 09:16 +0200
            Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-05-03 16:07 -0400
            Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-05-20 20:01 -0400
              Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri.fontaine@schibsted.com> - 2017-05-21 13:46 +0200
                Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-05-21 08:48 -0400
                Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-05-31 07:29 -0400
                Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri.fontaine@schibsted.com> - 2017-05-31 14:26 +0200
                Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-05-31 09:52 -0400
                Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri.fontaine@schibsted.com> - 2017-05-31 16:27 +0200
          Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Terry Shanks <deep@shallow.house> - 2017-05-03 13:57 +0100
            Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-05-11 11:11 -0400
              Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2017-05-11 23:08 +0200
    Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Gordon Gekko <greed@is.good.invalid> - 2017-05-08 02:39 +0000
  Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2017-04-23 22:15 +0100
    Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-28 00:42 -0400
      Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2017-04-28 12:39 +0100
        Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-28 11:16 -0400
          Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2017-04-28 16:42 +0100
            Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@talktalk.net> - 2017-04-28 16:48 +0100
              Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Terry Shanks <deep@shallow.house> - 2017-05-02 00:00 +0100
              Re: Issues with backing up Postgres by copying folder Mladen Gogala <gogala.mladen@gmail.com> - 2017-05-08 02:41 +0000

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