move dbs from 8.1 to 8.4

From: Marc Fromm <Marc(dot)Fromm(at)wwu(dot)edu>
To: "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: move dbs from 8.1 to 8.4
Date: 2013-10-10 20:17:14
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I built a new server running centos 6.4 and postgresql 8.4. I backed up all the databases from the old server running fedora and postgresql 8.1 using this script.
#!/bin/bash
# Backup all Postgresql databases

# Location of the backup logfile.
logfile="/var/lib/pgsql/backups/logs/pg_back.log"

# Location to place backups.
backup_dir="/var/lib/pgsql/backups"
touch $logfile
timeslot=`date +%m-%d-%Y_%H-%M`
timeinfo=`date '+%T-%F'`

/usr/bin/vacuumdb -azh 127.0.0.1 -U postgres
/usr/bin/pg_dumpall -ch 127.0.0.1 -U postgres | gzip > "$backup_dir/postgresql-all-$timeslot-databases.gz"
echo "Backup of all databses complete at $timeinfo for time slot $timeslot--pg_dumpall." >> $logfile

The new server is running postgresql 8.4.
When I restore the databases, with the commands below, only the databases are created, no tables and no data is restored.

* gunzip postgresql-all-10-10-2013_04-07-databases.gz
* psql -U postgres -f postgresql-all-10-10-2013_04-07-databases postgres

The above works between two different servers that both run 8.1.

What am I missing to restore all my databases with tables and data from 8.1 to the new 8.4?

Thanks

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