PostgreSQL

You can use the Commvault software to back up and restore PostgreSQL databases.

Backups

Data You Can Back Up

• Database

• Transaction logs (with FSBasedBackupSet)

Backups You Can Perform

• Full backups

• Incremental backups (transaction log backups with FSBasedBackupSet)

When You Can Perform Backups

• On a schedule: The server plan that you assign manages scheduled backups

• On demand: You can perform on-demand backups at any time

Restores

Data You Can Restore

• Entire instance: The database and the log files using FSBasedBackupSet

• Individual databases, schema and tables: Using DumpBasedBackupSet

Backups You Can Use for Restores

• The most recent backup: For example, restore the most recent backup to its original location

• A backup from a specific date: For example, restore data to a point in time before it became unusable

• Backups from a date range: For example, restore data that was accidentally deleted

Destinations You Can Restore To

DumpBasedBackupSet:

• (In place): Restore data to the server that it was backed up from

• (Out of place): Restore data to the following destinations:

  • A different server or instance

  • Restore data to the server that it was backed up from

  • You can restore PostgreSQL databases from on-premise to cloud such as Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

  • Stage the database dump to disk

FSBasedBackupSet:

• (In place): Restore data to the server that it was backed up from

• (Out of place): Restore data to the following destinations:

  • A different server or instance

  • You can restore PostgreSQL databases from on-premise to server hosted in cloud VM.

Automatic Discovery of Applications

You can use the Auto discover applications option to automatically find PostgreSQL databases in your environment and install software to back up the PostgreSQL databases. For more information, see Automatic Discovery of Applications.