Re: recovering database from a linux file system

Thank you John!

Do you know if there is any encryption or security or will plainly copying
the files will work? Do I need to know any db usernames and passwords, which
obviously I don't have?

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[mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2016 12:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [GENERAL] recovering database from a linux file system

On 3/10/2016 12:05 PM, Alka Gupta wrote:
> The vendor won't give us any way to access the machine and retrieve
> the DB, so I removed the HDD and connected it to my Linux laptop. I
> was able to grab all the DB files and copy them to my Windows desktop,
> where I then installed PostgreSQL 9.0 (to match the version that was
> on the server) with pgAdmin III. I changed the default directory to
> the folder containing the DB files using this tutorial:
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Change_the_default_PGDATA_directory_o
> n_Windows

I would try installing postgres on linux, and try running it with a copy
of this data directory. skip the pgadmin thing entirely as its just
another layer of obfuscation, stick with CLI tools.

--
john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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