Hi Poul, and thanks for using PostgreSQL! I've also been a very heavy user of Oracle and now a heavy user of PostgreSQL. I remember the days before Oracle acquired the RMAN software and bundled it with their database. Not so long ago, doing backups on Oracle wasn't so different from PostgreSQL; either you did storage-level snapshots or you used sql to begin/end backup. At that time there were many 3rd party tools for managing Oracle backups, much like the situation with PostgreSQL today. You can write your own scripts for backup and recovery, or if you want a polished interface then you can use any of the free or commercial PostgreSQL backup and recovery tools on the market. PostgreSQL certainly does have the advanced 24/7 backup and point-in-time recovery capabilities that you should expect in any serious database. I would also include 2nd Quadrant's "pglogical" replication extension which enables near zero-downtime major version upgrades, similar to what you might do with GoldenGate on Oracle. Regarding ansible, the Oracle playbook you referenced was published by Mikael Sandström from Sweden. He and I have both worked on the RAC Attack project and I remember talking with him about those Ansible scripts when he first published them! He's not an Oracle employee but just a community contributor. There are also lots of people contributing PostgreSQL roles in Ansible Galaxy (backed by GitHub). I see over 300 Ansible roles; does the link below work for you? https://galaxy.ansible.com/list#/roles?page=1&page_size=10&autocomplete=postgres You're certainly right that we could use more step-by-step examples for new users to PostgreSQL. As you continue learning, I hope you'll continue to share what stands out to you. You might even consider writing some blog posts yourself - I would love to read them and pass them along to other new users! And if you find any errors in the official PostgreSQL documentation, by all means let us know and we will address them. Looking forward to hearing more from you! -Jeremy -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
