| From: | Raghavendra <raghavendra(dot)rao(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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| To: | Ben Carbery <ben(dot)carbery(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | postgresql Forums <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Customising pg directories |
| Date: | 2012-06-28 08:38:20 |
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On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Ben Carbery <ben(dot)carbery(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I am building a new server with a separate partition for data and
> xlogs. What is the correct way to do this?
>
> Can I create a symlink from /var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data -> /pg_data (and
> then a symlink in /pgdata for xlogs-> /pg_xlog)
> Or do I have to modify $PGDATA in the init script?
>
> This is all after installing packages but prior to 'service
> postgresql-91 initdb'
>
> cheers
>
>
initdb --pgdata <datadirectory> --xlogdir <pg_xlog location>, is the
command which suit's your requirement.
This command will take care of creating symblinks as well.
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Regards,
Raghavendra
EnterpriseDB Corporation
Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/
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