Re: PostgreSQL 6.4
Craig Sanders wrote:
>i read in the postgresql 6.4 announcement yesterday that it includes a new
>program called pg_upgrade.
>
> PostgreSQL 6.4 Mon Oct 26 11:40:42 EST 1998
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> A dump/restore is required for those wishing to migrate data
> from previous releases of PostgreSQL. You may also use the new
> pg_upgrade utility to avoid a dump/reload.
>
>have you tried this? is it safe to use for an automated upgrade?
>
>BTW, i have some non-critical postgresql servers if you need a guinea-pig
Yes, I did see this after answering the previous message. I will recast
the update procedure to use it.
This is its man-page:
pg_upgrade(UNIX) PostgreSQL pg_upgrade(UNIX)
NAME
pg_upgrade - allows upgrade from a previous release with
out reloading data
SYNOPSIS
pg_upgrade [-f input_file] old_data_dir
DESCRIPTION
pg_upgrade is a utility for upgrading from a previous
PostgreSQL release without reloading all the data. First,
to be safe, back up your data directory. Then, use:
pg_dumpall -s -z >db.out
to dump out your old database definitions without any
data. Stop the postmaster and all backends.
Then rename (using mv) your old pgsql /data directory to
/data.old and do a make install to install the new bina
ries. Run initdb to create a new template1 database con
taining the system tables for the new release. Start the
new postmaster, cd to the pgsql main directory, and type:
pg_upgrade -f db.out data.old
The system will do some checking to make sure everything
is properly configured, and run your db.out script to cre
ate all the databases and tables you had, but with no
data. It will then move the data files from /data.old
into the proper /data directory. You can then check out
the data. You can delete the /data.old directory when you
are finished.
SEE ALSO
pg_dumpall(1).
The main problem will be if one is short of disk space, since this will
leave two copies of the database on the system. People with enormous
databases will still have to dump to tape.
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