PostgreSQL database server administration — Backup and Restore Basics (Development / Learning environment)

Monowar Mukul
3 min readJul 25, 2023

There are different types of backup and restore for the PostgreSQL database as below —

PostgreSQL Logical Backup SQL dump (or Logical)
PostgreSQL Physical Backup File system-level backup (or Physical)
Continuous archiving (or Point In Time Recovery)

In this article I will go through with Logical backup and physical backup for giving a very good understanding with PostgreSQL…

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Monowar Mukul

Monowar Mukul is a Cloud Solution Architect Professional. /*The statements and opinions expressed here are my own & nothing with my present or past employer*/