Sure. Any advise or experience with restoring the db server using VM snapshots with a caveat that snapshots have been taken with DB running and nt stopped. Thanks and Regards, Utkarsh Porwal -----Original Message----- From: Scott Ribe [mailto:scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 07, 2015 10:30 PM To: Porwal, Utkarsh; pgsql-admin Subject: Re: Advise on restoring from FileSystem backup On Sep 7, 2015, at 10:55 AM, Porwal, Utkarsh <utkarsh.porwal@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > But the filesystem backup should work, isn't it? Yes, if: - You've actually stopped the db when you think you have. - You've actually correctly copied the data directory. - Nothing mysterious was modifying the data while you were copying it. -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elevated-dev.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
