> From: Andrew Sackville-West <and...@farwestbilliards.com> > > > > 2.) Can someone help with the restore > process from > > > tape? The command my > > > > script uses to write the backups to tape > is: > > > > pg_dump -F t > > > <databasename> | bzip2 -c | dd of=/dev/nst0 > obs=512 > > > conv=sync > > > > > > > > A guess, correct me if I'm wrong; > > > > dd if=/dev/nst0 | bzip2 -d -c | pg_restore -U > <username> -C -F t -d <database name> > > > > just to be annoying and point out the obvious, a backup is > not a > backup if you don't know how to restore from it... > > A >
Aye, and you should be restoring it periodically to validate it - all my systems restore daily and validate the data, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
