Re: How to move pg_xlog to another drive on

From: K C Lau <kclau60(at)netvigator(dot)com>
To: "Joost Kraaijeveld" <J(dot)Kraaijeveld(at)askesis(dot)nl>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to move pg_xlog to another drive on
Date: 2006-12-05 04:02:13
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You can also use the freeware junction utility from
http://www.sysinternals.com as we do on Win 2K, XP and 2003.

After installing it, shutdown pg, move pg_xlog to another drive, create
junction as pg_xlog to point to new directory, then restart pg.

Cheers,
KC.

At 03:04 06/12/05, Merlin Moncure wrote:
>On 12/4/06, Joost Kraaijeveld <J(dot)Kraaijeveld(at)askesis(dot)nl> wrote:
>>How can I move pg_xlog to another drive on Windows? In Linux I can use a
>>symlink, but how do I that on windows?
>
>you can possibly attempt it with junction points. good luck:
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/205524
>
>merlin
>
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