On Thursday 25 June 2009, Chris Barnes <compuguruchrisbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I started an online backup of postgres, tar’d my data folder, copy to > usb drive in production > and restored it into my RC environment. Have I missed > something important? > You need the transaction logs archived during and immediately after the backup, and you need to setup a recovery.conf for the initial startup that can access those files. See the PITR backup notes in the documentation, they're really quite complete. -- WARNING: Do not look into laser with remaining eye. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
