pg_rman

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pg_rman is a backup and recovery manager for PostgreSQL servers able to do

incremental, archive and full backup as well as restore a cluster to a

state defined by a given recovery target. It is designed to perform

periodic backups of an existing PostgreSQL server, combined with WAL

archives to provide a way to recover a server in case of failure of

server because of a reason or another. Its incremental and archive backup

facilities reduces the amount of data necessary to be taken between

two consecutive backups.

Download

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The latest version of this software can be found on the project website at

https://github.com/michaelpq/pg_rman.

Installation

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Compiling pg_rman requires a PostgreSQL installation and can be done in

two ways:

1. Put pg_rman project directory inside PostgreSQL source tree as

contrib/pg_rman, and use "make" to compile

or

2. Keep the project directory as-is and use the PGXS development

infrastructure provided by a PostgreSQL installation to perform the

compilation: "make USE_PGXS=1"

In addition, you must have pg_config in $PATH.

The current version of pg_rman is compatible with PostgreSQL 9.3 and

upper versions.

Documentation

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All the documentation is written and maintained in pg_rman.txt.

Regression tests

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The test suite of pg_rman is available in the code tree and can be

launched in a way similar to common PostgreSQL extensions and modules:

1) "make check" or "make installcheck" if the project directory is

located in PostgreSQL code tree.

2) "make installcheck" on an already installed server if project

directory is kept as-is.

License

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pg_rman can be distributed under the PostgreSQL license. See COPYRIGHT

file for more information.