PG Backups - Learning Heroku Postgres - page 94

Taking a new snapshot
The backup process adds overhead to your database during the process. This overhead can
vary according to the size of your database, but it doesn't block other operations on the
database while a backup is ongoing. In Chapter 6 , Rollback, Followers, and Forks , you
will learn another way to improve this process through the use of followers.
Listing backups
There are two ways to view a list of backups; the first one is via the Heroku client and the
second is via the web interface. The information provided is the backup ID and also the
data, status, size, and which database was backed up.
Via the Heroku client
To see a list of backups via the Heroku client, you must enter the following command:
$ heroku pgbackups --app your-app-name
Tip
Backups with an ID starting with the letter a are automatic backups and backups starting
with the letter b are manual backups.