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PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook

You're reading from   PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook Solve real-world Database Administration challenges with 180+ practical recipes and best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781835460580
Length 636 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Boriss Mejías Boriss Mejías
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Jimmy Angelakos Jimmy Angelakos
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Simon Riggs Simon Riggs
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Gianni Ciolli Gianni Ciolli
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Vibhor Kumar Vibhor Kumar
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. First Steps FREE CHAPTER 2. Exploring the Database 3. Server Configuration 4. Server Control 5. Tables and Data 6. Security 7. Database Administration 8. Monitoring and Diagnosis 9. Regular Maintenance 10. Performance and Concurrency 11. Backup and Recovery 12. Replication and Upgrades 13. Other Books You May Enjoy
14. Index

Hot logical backup of one database

Logical backup makes a copy of the data in the database by dumping the content of each table, as well as object definitions for that same database (such as schemas, tables, indexes, views, privileges, triggers, and constraints).

How to do it…

The command to do this is simple. The following is an example of doing this when using a database called pgbench:

pg_dump -F c pgbench > dumpfile

Alternatively, you can use the following command:

pg_dump -F c -f dumpfile pgbench

Finally, note that you can also run pg_dump via the pgAdmin 4 GUI by selecting the backup source from the tree control and right-clicking to open the context menu that contains the Backup... option. Selecting that will open the Backup dialog, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 11.2 – Using the pgAdmin 4 GUI

Figure 11.1: Using the pgAdmin 4 GUI

How it works…

The pg_dump utility produces a single output file. This output file can use the standard UNIX split...

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