--- On Tue, 8/26/08, Richard Broersma <richard.broersma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Richard Broersma <richard.broersma@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [GENERAL] PITR - base backup question > To: "pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 10:53 PM > 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? > is a file system backup of he data directory > -- > Regards, > Richard Broersma Jr.