pg_restore

Author: eatonphil

product_docs/docs/pgd/6/reference/backup-restore.mdx

@@ -29,18 +29,18 @@ timeouts, we recommend dumping pre-data, data, and post-data
 separately. For example:
 
 ```console
-pg_dump -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -v --exclude-schema='"bdr"' --exclude-extension='"bdr"' --section=pre-data -f pgd-pre-data.sql
-pg_dump -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -v --exclude-schema='"bdr"' --exclude-extension='"bdr"' --section=data -f pgd-data.sql
-pg_dump -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -v --exclude-schema='"bdr"' --exclude-extension='"bdr"' --section=post-data -f pgd-post-data.sql
+pg_dump -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -v --exclude-schema='"bdr"' --exclude-extension='"bdr"' --section=pre-data -Fc -f pgd-pre-data.dump
+pg_dump -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -v --exclude-schema='"bdr"' --exclude-extension='"bdr"' --section=data -Fc -f pgd-data.dump
+pg_dump -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -v --exclude-schema='"bdr"' --exclude-extension='"bdr"' --section=post-data -Fc -f pgd-post-data.dump
 ```
 
 And restore by directly executing these SQL files:
 
 ```console
-psql -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -f pgd-pre-data.sql
-psql -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -f pgd-data.sql
+pg_restore -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB --section=pre-data -f pgd-pre-data.dump
+pg_restore -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB --section=data -f pgd-data.dump
 psql -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -c 'SELECT bdr.wait_slot_confirm_lsn(NULL, NULL)'
-psql -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -f pgd-post-data.sql
+pg_restore -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB --section=post-data -f pgd-post-data.dump
 psql -h $PG_HOST -p $PG_PORT -U $PG_USER -d $PGD_DB -c 'SELECT bdr.wait_slot_confirm_lsn(NULL, NULL)'
 ```