On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 10:47 PM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Your criticism is noted, however, I have used it many times in the past with absolutely no problem. Plug off the server on which is stored the backup just after your script finishes, you have a good chance to be surprised if you try to restore from this backup later on. > I submitted that script as a possible solution > to the op's problem/question. If you have an alternate solution or can make improvements to it, then I am sure the op and I would welcome them. Stephen has mentioned two of them, with hundreds of man hours spent in developing those backup tools to be robust solutions, done by specialists on the matter. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general