Database backup restore

Skill ulpi-io/plugin-marketplace/plugins/aj-geddes/skills/database-backup-restore

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npx -y skills add ulpi-io/plugin-marketplace --skill database-backup-restore

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Implement backup and restore strategies for disaster recovery. Use when creating backup plans, testing restore procedures, or setting up automated backups.

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Overview

Implement comprehensive backup and disaster recovery strategies. Covers backup types, retention policies, restore testing, and recovery time objectives (RTO/RPO).

When to Use

Backup automation setup
Disaster recovery planning
Recovery testing procedures
Backup retention policies
Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
Cross-region backup replication
Compliance and audit requirements

Quick Start

pg_dump - Text Format:

# Simple full backup
pg_dump -h localhost -U postgres -F p database_name > backup.sql

# With compression
pg_dump -h localhost -U postgres -F p database_name | gzip > backup.sql.gz

# Backup with verbose output
pg_dump -h localhost -U postgres -F p -v database_name > backup.sql 2>&1

# Exclude specific tables
pg_dump -h localhost -U postgres database_name \
  --exclude-table=temp_* --exclude-table=logs > backup.sql

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide	Contents
Full Database Backup	Full Database Backup
Incremental & Differential Backups	Incremental & Differential Backups
Full Database Backup	Full Database Backup
Binary Log Backups	Binary Log Backups
PostgreSQL Restore	PostgreSQL Restore
MySQL Restore	MySQL Restore

Best Practices

✅ DO

Follow established patterns and conventions
Write clean, maintainable code
Add appropriate documentation
Test thoroughly before deploying

❌ DON'T

Skip testing or validation
Ignore error handling
Hard-code configuration values

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