On Jan 25, 2008 1:55 PM, NUWAN LIYANAGE <alnuwan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a 450gb production database, and was trying to create a development > database using a bkp. > I was following the instructions on postgres documentation, and came across > the paragraph that says... > " If you are using tablespaces that do not reside underneath this (data) > directory, be careful to include them as well (and be sure that your backup > dump archives symbolic links as links, otherwise the restore will mess up > your tablespaces)." > I have a seperate pg_tablespaces folder under E:\ drive since there wasn't > enough space in my C:\ drive to put them. > > My db is 8.2 and is running on windows 2003. > > Can anyone tell me how to backup my database (including the symbolic links > as links). A standard pg_dumpall --globals will dump the create tablespace statement, which you can edit as needed for your new machine. A plain pg_dump of the database will dump out the tables with tablespace statements. A pg_dumpall of the whole database cluster can also be used to do this. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
