Is it possible (or smart!) to run multiple pg_dumps simulataneously on a single database, dumping different parts of the database to different files by using table and schema exclusion? I'm attempting this and sometimes it works and sometimes when I check the dump files with pg_restore -Fc <dumpfile> > /dev/null I get pg_restore: [custom archiver] found unexpected block ID (4) when reading data -- expected 4238 I suspect that locks are colliding sometimes and not others, but I'm not sure. Little help? Thanks in advance, Bob Lunney -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin