I don't think you can take a pg_dump of a warm standby without making>> That section has been removed from the current 9.0 docs because we are
>> unsure it works.
>
> Is the feature (or the documentation) still being worked on, or is pg_dump
> the only way to take a backup of a warm standby while the database is
> running?
recover. But I can't see why you can't use a snapshot to recover a
warm standby, since the file system will be just a base snapshot and a
bunch of wal files.
Sorry, I got confused with the terms. What I meant was 'hot standby', the new feature implemented in 9.0. I guess you can take a pg_dump out of a hot standby, right?
Regards
Mikko
