Re: Minor Upgrade Question

Susan

You can use -Uvh to upgrade the rpms on the existing machine. You can then
use symlinks to link the expected pgsql data directories. Make sure you
take a backup, and stop the service before you proceed.

JD

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 7:12 AM Susan Joseph <sandajoseph(at)verizon(dot)net>
wrote:

> So when I first started working with PostgreSQL I was using the latest
> version (11.2). I don't want to move to 12 yet but I would like to get my
> 11.2 up to 11.8. Due to my servers not being connected to the Internet I
> ended up downloading the libraries and building the files locally. My
> question is how do I upgrade to 11.8? I know how to go and get the rpms
> now and download those to a disconnected server and then install PostgreSQL
> that way. I was able to install 11.8 on another server using the rpms.
> But my directories are different. The rpm install placed the files into
> the directory /data/pgsql-11. My 11.2 database is in /data/pgsql. I
> checked the rpm file and it says that the files are not relocatable. So I
> can do a new install of 11.8 via the rpms and it will place the files into
> /data/pgsql-11, can just need to copy the executable files in the
> /data/pgsql-11/bin directory into my /data/pgsql/bin or are there other
> files that need to be copied over? Is there a better way to do this rather
> than reinstalling postgreSQL again on a server that already has it?
>
> Thanks,
> Susan
>