Re: how to create backup copies

["Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org 
> [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Andrus
> Sent: 13 April 2006 11:43
> To: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] how to create backup copies
> 
> > To be honest for a simple backup on the local machine 
> you'll be better 
> > off running it from task scheduler. pgAgent is better suited to 
> > running batch processing jobs that may run on any one of a 
> number of 
> > nodes, or SQL jobs that run directly on the database.
> 
> Using pgAgent allows me to monitor backup status remotely 
> using pgadmin or making sql queries to pgagent schema, 
> without need to log-in and open RDP port in server.
> 
> So I'd prefer to use pgAgent even for simple backup if possible.
> 
Good point.

Regards, Dave.