postgresql-backup

gistfile1.txt

#!/bin/bash -ue
# Postgres backup script
# Christian Bryn

backup_mountpoint="/var/nfs-backup"
backup_path="${backup_mountpoint}/${HOSTNAME}/postgresql"

[ ! -d "${backup_path}" ] && mkdir -p "${backup_path}"

#backup_timestamp=$( date '+%d' )
backup_timestamp=$( date +%d-%m-%Y:%H:%M )

# select all databases except the default 'postgres':
dbnames=$( psql --quiet --no-align --tuples-only --dbname=postgres -c "select datname from pg_database where datistemplate is false and datallowconn is true and datname !='postgres'"; )

for db in $dbnames; do
    #pg_dump -C -Z9 -f "${backup_path}/${db}.${backup_timestamp}.sql.gz" "${db}"
    pg_dump -C "${db}" | pbzip2 > "${backup_path}/${db}.${backup_timestamp}.sql.bz2"
done

# dump metadata of all sorts.
#pg_dumpall -g | gzip -9 > "${backup_path}/postgres.global.${backup_timestamp}.sql.gz"
pg_dumpall -g | pbzip2 > "${backup_path}/postgres.global.${backup_timestamp}.sql.bz2"