> That section has been removed from the current 9.0 docs because we are > unsure it works. Hmm. So the only way to make a consistent backup from a standby server is to shut down the standby first? Or is even that problematic? Would it change anything if we are able to guarantee that the filesystem is snapshotted as a point-in-time snapshot by using LVM or on Amazon EC2 by snapshotting an EBS volume? Thanks Gabe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general