Hi Adrian,
> On 02. May, 2020, at 16:59, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> wrote:
> 2) To create a new base/ you will need to initdb data/ and that is not possible as initdb will not work on a populated data/.
you do the initdb and then copy the *.conf files from the tar over the newly created ones. After that, launch the cluster.
Cheers,
Paul