Richard Sickler <richard.sickler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The entire web app, (Tomcat and PostGRES), will be run in a virtual > machine. I was thinking about quiescing the DB, then copying the files that > make up the virtual machine to some network attached backup store. This > will be done once a day. This is really only attractive if you are prepared to *shut down* the DB during the copy, not just "quiesce" it. Otherwise there's considerable risk of getting a corrupted copy. Read the manual's chapter about backup strategies. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
