From the following link: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-BASE-BACKUP Step 3 says to perform the back up. Does this mean a File System Backup of the Data directory? OR Does this mean performing a pg_dumpall and backing up the dump file? -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug