Backup postgres databases
#!/bin/bash
logfile="/home/user/pgsql.log"
backup_dir="/home/user/backup"
touch $logfile
databases=`psql -h localhost -U postgres -q -c "\l" | sed -n 4,/\eof/p | grep -v rows\) | grep -v template0 | grep -v template1 | awk {'print $1'}`
echo "Starting backup of databases " >> $logfile
for i in $databases; do
dateinfo=`date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`
timeslot=`date '+%Y%m%d%H%M'`
/usr/bin/vacuumdb -z -h localhost -U postgres $i >/dev/null 2>&1
/usr/bin/pg_dump -U postgres -F c -b $i -h 127.0.0.1 -f $backup_dir/$i-database-$timeslot.backup
echo "Backup and Vacuum complete on $dateinfo for database: $i " >> $logfile
done
echo "Done backup of databases " >> $logfile
tail -15 /home/user/pgsql.log
