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# The VirtualBox documentation[1] for how to install guest additions
# for Linux on a virtual host is somewhat messy. So here is what
# I did to make it work.
# Install the packages required
yum update
yum install gcc kernel-devel make
reboot

Grab new backup of database

Command: heroku pgbackups:capture --remote production

Response: >>> HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_COLOR_URL (DATABASE_URL) ----backup---> a712

Get url of backup download

Command: heroku pgbackups:url [db_key] --remote production