NAME

       gfdump.postgresql - dump/restore Gfarm metadata

SYNOPSIS

       gfdump.postgresql -d [options]

       gfdump.postgresql -r [options]

DESCRIPTION

       gfdump.postgresql dumps/restores metadata of Gfarm, managed by PostgreSQL running as a backend database.
       You need to execute this command on the host that the backend database of PostgreSQL is running. The
       command reads gfmd.conf, the configuration file of gfmd to get access information about the backend
       database. If gfmd is configured in the non-private mode, the root privilege is required to read the file.

       When gfdump.postgresql is executed with -d option, it dumps the database to the file db.out at the
       current directory.

       When it is executed with -r option, it restores the database from the dump file, db.out at the current
       directory. More specifically, it does the followings.

        1. Stop gfmd if running.

        2. Remove the current database.

        3. Create a database again.

        4. Restore a database from the dump file.

        5. Delete the current journal file of gfmd, if exists.

        6. Start gfmd again.

OPTIONS

       --prefix path
           If this option is given, gfdump.postgresql reads PREFIX/etc/gfmd.conf as the configuration file of
           gfmd. By default, it reads %%SYSCONFDIR%%/etc/gfmd.conf.

       -P prefix
           Specify an installation prefix of the backend database (e.g. /usr/local). When gfdump.postgresql
           executes a PostgreSQL command such as pg_dump, it assumes the command is installed under the given
           prefix. If this option is omitted, gfdump.postgresql searches directories listed in the environment
           variable PATH for the commands.

       -l
           Specify a path to the directory where the backend database puts files to store metadata of Gfarm.

           If the backend database is PostgreSQL, the directory is commonly called PGDATA directory. The default
           is PREFIX/var/gfarm-pgsql where PREFIX is a prefix given by --prefix option.

       -f file
           Specify the name of dump file. The default is db.out at the current directory.

       --help
           Show usage, then exit.

       -t
           Show values of configurable parameters in human readable format, then exit immediately.

       -d
           Dump mode.

       -n
           Do not start/stop gfmd.

       -r
           Restore mode.

FILES

       %%SYSCONFDIR%%/gfmd.conf
           configuration file for gfmd

SEE ALSO

       pg_dump(1), dropdb(1), createdb(1), psql(1), gfmd(8)

Gfarm                                              30 Jan 2015                              GFDUMP.POSTGRESQL(8)