Re: is possible to upgrade from 9.2 to 9.4 with pg_upgrade

2015-05-06 19:40 GMT+02:00 Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2015-05-06 15:15 GMT+02:00 Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>:
>>>
>>>> Pavel Stehule wrote:
>>>> > Hi
>>>> >
>>>> > I am working on preparation the migration from 9.2 to 9.4
>>>> >
>>>> > pg_upgrade fails
>>>> >
>>>> > pg_upgrade -b /usr/lib64/pgsql/postgresql-9.2/bin -B /usr/bin/ -d
>>>> > /mnt/ebs/pgsql/data -D /mnt/ebs/pgsql/data94 -k'
>>>> > Performing Consistency Checks
>>>> > -----------------------------
>>>> > Checking cluster versions ok
>>>> > The old cluster lacks some required control information:
>>>> > latest checkpoint oldest MultiXactId
>>>> >
>>>> > ?
>>>>
>>>> Uh, this is certainly supposed to work. Maybe pg_controldata or
>>>> pg_resetxlog changed output format and pg_upgrade doesn't know how to
>>>> read it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is tested on fresh 9.2.10 to 9.4.1
>>>
>>
>> I've done that migration many times. Can you give the pg_config output
>> for both installations, and the pg_controldata output for the 9.2.10?
>>
>
> Also, what is the full path to pg_upgrade?
>

I am calling pg_upgrade via command

su postgres -c "cd /mnt/ebs/pgsql/upgrade_data; pg_upgrade -b
/usr/lib64/pgsql/postgresql-9.2/bin -B /usr/bin/ -d /mnt/ebs/pgsql/data -D
/mnt/ebs/pgsql/data94 -k"

It is based on customized RHEL packages

> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>