How do I backup profile manager database on OS X Yosemite?

Hello guys,
I'm struggling to find an answer on how to backup profile manager database(devices, groups etc.) on Yosemite(server 4), so far I only found a few threads for Mavericks (10.9) & Server 3 saying to type the following command via terminal: "sudo pg_dump -U _postgres -c device_management > $HOME/device_management.sql"
Although this command applies to Mavericks(server 3) I decided to give it a shot but as expected I got this error message:
"pg_dump: [archiver (db)] connection to database "device_management" failed: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
Is the server running locally and accepting
connections on Unix domain socket "/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432"?"
I also tried to backup & restore profile manager's database with TimeMachine but unfortunately it didn't worked..
It seems that TimeMachine misses the profile manager's data folders(see thread: Profile Manager not being backed up in Time Machine?)
and I saw that other people also complained about this problem.
As we're a company who holds thousands of devices & integrates them on daily basis to profile manager, I would be very pleased to know how to backup our Profile manager's database.
Please see this question as HIGH importance, I really hope to get an answer ASAP..
Thanks in advance for all the repliers!
Yours sincerely,
Daniel Adler.

Hi Strontium90,
Thanks for your reply!!
I tried your command, but unfortunately i got the following error msg:
"too many command-line arguments (first is "devicemgr_v2m0")
Try "pg_dump --help" for more information."
Please correct me if I'm wrong: assuming command was successful, I should've seen 'profileManager.sql' file at my desktop(output path = ~/Desktop/) which is the Profile Manager's database file I guess, right? and where is the restoration path located? in case I want to restore Profile Manager's database with the created backup file('profileManager.sql').
Also you mentioned: "Automate to perform daily", how can I automate this command?
Thanks a lot for your support!
Have a nice day.
Yours sincerely,
Daniel Adler.

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