Questions tagged [pg-dumpall]
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pg_dumpall without prompting password
We are trying to automate the backup of all PostgreSQL databases of a cluster, and we decided to use 'pg_dumpall' utility. But we couldn't find a way to execute 'pg_dumpall' without prompting password. We are using PostgreSQL-10.
We are trying to…

jithin giri
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How to run pg_dump/pg_dumpall command on Linux?
Hello everyone i am try to create backup in postgres through dump. when i run the command through command line it wants password when i give the password it will give some error
pg_dump: [archiver (db)] connection to database "nsdgpkidb" failed:…

Vivek Kumar Ray
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pg_dumpall - Azure Database for PostgreSQL - permission denied for database "azure_maintenance"
PGPASSWORD=mypassword pg_dumpall -h
mydbname.postgres.database.azure.com -p 5432 -U admin@mydbname
pg_dump: [archiver (db)] connection to database "azure_maintenance"
failed: FATAL: permission denied for database "azure_maintenance"
DETAIL:…

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Can Npgsql dump/restore an entire database?
Is it possible to use Npgsql in a way that basically mimics pg_dumpall to a single output file without having to iterate through each table in the database? Conversely, I'd also like to be able to take such output and use Npgsql to restore an…

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Custom format (-Fc) when backing up postgres with pd_dumpall instead of pg_dump
pg_dump has a great option, it allows you to select custom format for the output of the backup.
Output a custom-format archive suitable for input into pg_restore. Together with the directory output format, this is the most flexible output format in…

ald
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Duplicating an entire RDS instance PostgreSQL DB to another DB within the same instance
I'm trying to create a new DB (as a perfect copy of an existing RDS Instance DB, including data) when developers open a pull request. Since it's temporary, I need it to be created as fast as possible, and therefore I would not want to create a new…

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How can I run pg_dumpall with Heroku?
How can I use pg_dumpall with Heroku? The default "database backup" feature from Heroku is pg_dump with the click of a button, which doesn't include roles, so I want to do pg_dumpall ... I'm trying pg_dumpall -h myherokuurl.compute-1.amazonaws.com…

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How to pg_dumpall from remote server to local machine and local machine to remote server
I need to do the new installation for which i need to copy my database from current installation. i need the pg_dumpall command for remote server to local machine.
I have already tried this but it works only for dump and doesnt work for…

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Can I use pg_dumpall withtout installing postgresQL?
I tried in my docker container(from alpine3.6) to run command to install pg_dumpall I've seen in the web:
apk update && apk upgrade
and then
apk add --no-cache postgresql-client-common
and finally
apk add --no-cache postgresql-client
Only the…

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PostgreSQL Backup from pg_dumpall (Ubuntu)
I was tasked with writing a python script to backup our current instance of Alfresco ECM. The backup works like a charm. I am running into problems with restoring PostgreSQL from the text dump .sql file.
Here is my command:
psql -f…

sruffatti
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postgres backup restoration failing
I am trying to restore backup taken by pg_dumpall (filesize 16 GB) command:
psql -f backup_filename
but it is showing me out of memory error and process stops.
During restore when I see duplicate window using top command it is showing 100% cpu…
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Necessary Camunda db tables for application to run
I have a bash script that dumps globals and all schemas in cluster but dumps data only from 1 schema then imports the dump files in a new database inside a docker container.
Anything regarding Camunda is in a separate schema (not the one which data…

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Export a postgresql database
I want to export a postgresql database named "kd" with all roles, tablespaces, etc. I run the command pg_dumpall -U sce -h localhost -p 5450 -d kd > /tmp/db.sql I get the error
pg_dumpall: missing "=" after "kd5" in connection info string
I run…

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how to decompress .sql extension file in windows server
I have taken full backup of postgresql database which consists of 100 databases. The backup format is .sql (eg pg_dumpall.exe -U postgres > D:\Backup\fullbkp.sql) now one of my database got crashed and I want to extract this file to get that…

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Migrating db from pgsql 9.5 to 12.4 via pg_dumpall does not include all tables
I am trying to migrate three databases to a new server (Linux centos 8 - pgsql 12.4)
So I am using "pg_dumpall" and target the old server - backups are getting created, then I am using psql to import the dump.
I noticed that in one db there are…

Marc
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