On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 2:22 PM, Yashwanth Govinda Setty < ygovindase...@commvault.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > > > We are facing this problem while performing file system level backup of > database files: > > As each database will form a directory inside Base directory which > consists of files representing the tables, when some tables are dropped > during backup, *We get error while copying since the files do not exist > anymore*. > > > > So we would like to know how you recommend copying PostgreSQL database > files in Windows OS to perform file system level backups. > > (For Example – The recommended way in Linux is to use tar format.) > > > > Thanks, > > *Yashwanth* > > > ***************************Legal Disclaimer*************************** > "This communication may contain confidential and privileged material for > the > sole use of the intended recipient. Any unauthorized review, use or > distribution > by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received the message by > mistake, > please advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you." > ********************************************************************** > An easy way to perform backup of your data is to use PostgreSQL's very own pg_dump utility.
