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@@ -569,7 +569,10 @@ psql --username postgres --file script.sql postgres
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the old server and run <command>rsync</> again to update the copy with any
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changes to make it consistent. You might want to exclude some
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files, e.g. <filename>postmaster.pid</>, as documented in <xref
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- linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup">.
+ linkend="backup-lowlevel-base-backup">. If your file system supports
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+ file system snapshots or copy-on-write file copying, you can use that
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+ to make a backup of the old cluster, though the snapshot and copies
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+ must be created simultaneously or while the database server is down.
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</para>
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<refsect2>
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