| From: | Martin Moore <martin(dot)moore(at)avbrief(dot)com> |
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| To: | George Neuner <gneuner2(at)comcast(dot)net>, "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Postgres 9.6 fails to start on VMWare |
| Date: | 2017-10-24 15:44:43 |
| Message-ID: | 218112F8-FCB5-4A59-9E0D-C5D2CC385161@avbrief.com |
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On 23/10/2017, 17:17, "George Neuner" <gneuner2(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote:
>Doesn't GCloud provide a way to export drive images?
[He asks naively, never having used it.]
Nope – just the dd method (although this doesn’t work on VMWare, so you need to use a VWM utility on a Win pc to get it). I’m pretty sure Google use VMW, so it’s pretty poor!
> Move/rename the PG data directory, then use initdb to create a new
cluster. You'll have to reload your databases from backups.
Cheers. I’m going off the idea of using VMs very quickly as I can see no real advantage and plenty of grief for my use case.
Consider this question resolved (
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