https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/testing-a-postgres-dump-file/m-p/4633241#M40839 I think that the only valid test is restoring and opening the database to validate the backup. Thu, 13 May 2010 17:52:51 GMT Ivan Ferreira 2010-05-13T17:52:51Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/testing-a-postgres-dump-file/m-p/4633240#M40838 Hi there --<BR /><BR />We are going through the motions of testing the backup and restore setups of our postgres database. The version of the database software is the HP-UX A.6.00-8.1.3.1 package.<BR /><BR />One idea was testing the viability of the dump file. Does anyone know of a way of testing the dump file to determine if there is any corruption in it? Thanks. Thu, 13 May 2010 14:48:07 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/testing-a-postgres-dump-file/m-p/4633240#M40838 Andrew Kaplan 2010-05-13T14:48:07Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/testing-a-postgres-dump-file/m-p/4633241#M40839 I think that the only valid test is restoring and opening the database to validate the backup. Thu, 13 May 2010 17:52:51 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/testing-a-postgres-dump-file/m-p/4633241#M40839 Ivan Ferreira 2010-05-13T17:52:51Z