On 07/23/2018 09:11 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2018-07-23 02:23:45 -0500, Ron wrote:
>> We've got an old (v8.4.17, thus no parallel backups) 2.9TB database that
>> needs to be migrated to a new data center and then restored to v9.6.9.
> Have you considered using pg_upgrade instead?
Yes, but:
1. can't find 9.6 packages on the RHEL 5.10 server.
2. The window is only 8 hours, and the data also has to be moved to a new DC
in that window.
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