Re: Migrate 2 DB's - v8.3

Melvin,

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question.

Below are the details you have requested:

SOURCE:
CentOS release 4.6
Postgres 8.3

TARGET:
CentOS release 6.2
Postgres 8.3

Kind Regards,
Jeff

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 5:05 PM Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

>
> On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Jeff Baldwin <tarheeljeff(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am working to migrate 2 DB's (not the entire postgres instance), from 1
>> host to another... and I need some guidance on the best approach/practice.
>>
>> I have migrated ~25 other DB's in this environment, and I was able to use
>> pg_dump/pgrestore for those, and it worked fine. These final 2 are live
>> DB's, and I need to move them with minimal downtime (1-2hrs is acceptable).
>>
>> The DB's are blob DB's that are 45 and 90G in size, and are in the same
>> Data Center, with 1G connection in between
>>
>> I am running postres 8.3 (I know :) ), so there may be some limitations
>> there as well.
>>
>> Any help/guidance on the best way to approach this, are greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Jeff
>>
>
> Well generically speaking, since you are migrating from 8.3, you are
> limited to pg_dump in plain format.
> It would be nice (important) to know the PostgreSQL version you are
> migrating to, as well as what O/S you are working with.
>
>
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