| From: | Vladimir Rusinov <vladimir(at)greenmice(dot)info> |
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| To: | Gerhard Hintermayer <gerhard(dot)hintermayer(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: reinstall postgreSQL same version while server up and running possible under linux ? |
| Date: | 2010-11-02 13:38:44 |
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On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Gerhard Hintermayer <
gerhard(dot)hintermayer(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Sorry for posting this again, but my last post regarding this
> problematic wasn't answered satisfyingly. (maybe I didn't find the
> right words for my question ;-) )
>
>
> is this (or a minor upgrade) a "safe" way to go under linux ? I'm on a
> production system and I don't want to restart the DB server while the
> factory is in production, but be sure that i'm prepared the next time
> I'll do a restart. Of course I could wait for a factory shutdown on a
> weekend, stop server, upgrade/reinstall and restart, but I'd prefer a
> "on the fly upgrade".
> (this is required due to a changed upstream library dependancy (major
> perl upgrade) running gentoo)
>
Yes, this should be safe. But make sure your new version is usable (or at
least have all required libs linked).
--
Vladimir Rusinov
http://greenmice.info/
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