Mastering PostgreSQL Administration

This book is your one-stop resource on PostgreSQL system architecture, installation, management, maintenance, and migration. It will help you address the critical needs driving successful database management today: reliability and availability, performance and scalability, security and compliance, cost-effectiveness and flexibility, disaster recovery, and real-time analytics—all in one volume.

Each topic in the book is thoroughly explained by industry experts and includes step-by-step instructions for configuring the features, a discussion of common issues and their solutions, and an exploration of real-world scenarios and case studies that illustrate how concepts work in practice. You won't find the book's comprehensive coverage of advanced topics, including migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL, heterogeneous replication, and backup & recovery, in one place—online or anywhere else.

What You Will Learn

• Install PostgreSQL using source code and yum installation
• Backup and recovery scenarios
• Data Migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL using Ora2Pg utility
• Data Replication from Oracle to PostgreSQL using Oracle GoldenGate
• Monitor using Grafana, PGAdmin, and command line tools
• Maintain with VACUUM, REINDEX, etc.