Re: Creating new cluster by copying directory?

From: "Gilberto Castillo" <gilberto(dot)castillo(at)etecsa(dot)cu>
To: "Wells Oliver" <wellsoliver(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Creating new cluster by copying directory?
Date: 2013-07-11 20:41:51
Message-ID: 53809.192.168.207.54.1373575311.squirrel@webmail.etecsa.cu
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> All: it would take ~4 hours to pg_restore a backup. I want to quickly
> create a duplicate cluster (for testing). My idea:
>
> 1. pg_ctlcreatecluster 9.1 test
> 2. rm /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/test/*
> 2. cp /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/main /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/test
> 3. pg_ctlcluster 9.1 test start
>
> Is this viable? If not, is there another way to create a duplicate cluster
> in a timely fashion?

Test Repmgr works with the same philosophy. ;-)

Saludos,
Gilberto Castillo
La Habana, Cuba

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