| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Postgresql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Resurrecting pg_upgrade |
| Date: | 2003-12-12 22:28:06 |
| Message-ID: | 20031212182647.J81928@ganymede.hub.org |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alternative thought: just recommend that if possible, people take
> a filesystem dump of their old PGDATA directory after stopping
> the old postmaster. This would be sufficient for retreating to
> the prior version if needed. It might or might not be slower
> than copying all the files to a new PGDATA ...
being able to do a dump to a gzip'd tar file might be an option here also
... should take a significantly less footprint to create the "backup", and
on an idle server, shouldn't take any longer then other backup methods ...
----
Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org)
Email: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | markw | 2003-12-12 22:28:21 | more dbt-2 results hyperthreading on linux-2.6.0-test11 |
| Previous Message | Tom Lane | 2003-12-12 21:56:26 | Re: Resurrecting pg_upgrade |