Re: file system level backup

On 01/04/2014 02:13 PM, zach cruise wrote:

> I am still not understanding. You have a 2008 server at a and one at b.
> You copied the Postgres data files from 2008 server a to 2008 server b.
> This did not work, so you say you restored the data directory on server
> b from an old copy of the data directory at b.
>
> So where did that old copy come from?
>
> > short answer - from b itself (whatever was created right after
> installation).
>
> > long answer - 2008 servers at a and b. postgres 9.3s at a and b.
> added databases to postgres-a (postgres-b is empty/new). shutdown
> postgres-a and b. copied data-a and b to a network shared between
> server-a and b. deleted data-b on server-b. copied data-a from network
> to server-b.
>
> > restarted postgres-a and postgres-b. postgres-a succeeds. postgres-b
> fails.
>
> > so deleted data on server-b. restored data-b from network ("old
> copy") to server-b. restarted postgres-b. postgres-b still fails.
>

So is there anything in the Windows system logs?

Does the Task Manager show another Postgres running?

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