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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 2. Exploring the Database FREE CHAPTER 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

Recovery of a dropped/damaged database

Recovering a complete database is also required sometimes. It’s actually a lot easier than recovering a single table. Many users choose to place all of their tables in a single database; in that case, this recipe isn’t relevant as a whole server physical backup restore can be used.

How to do it…

The methods differ, depending on the type of backup you have available. If you have multiple types of backup, you have a choice.

Logical – from the custom dump -F c

Recreate the database in the original server using parallel tasks to speed things along. This can be executed remotely without needing to transfer dumpfile between systems, as shown in the following example, where we use the -j option to specify four parallel processes:

pg_restore -h myhost -d postgres --create -j 4 dumpfile

Logical – from the script dump created by pg_dump

Recreate the database in the original server. This can...

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