PostgreSQL hutoa njia kadhaa za backup — logical backups (pg_dump) na physical backups (base backup + WAL kwa point-in-time recovery). Mkakati imara wa backup-na-recovery ni muhimu kwa kulinda dhidi ya upotevu wa data, na muhimu zaidi, backups lazima zijaribiwe.
Logical backups — pg_dump
pg_dump -U user -d mydb -F c -f backup.dump
pg_dump -U user -d mydb > backup.sql
pg_dumpall > all.sql
pg_restore -U user -d mydb backup.dump
psql -U user -d mydb -f backup.sql
