Re: File System based PostgreSQL Database server restore to a different mount point.

Thanks Laurenz Albe. After adjusting symbolic links should we update table
space directory in 'pg_tablespace' system catalog ?

Thanks
Girish

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
wrote:

> girish R G peetle wrote:
> > We have requirement to perform File system based restore of entire
> PostgreSQL database server to a
> > different mount point.
> >
> > -> I know that if no user created tablespaces are involved, we have just
> need to restore the entire
> > DATA directory to new mount point, modify configuration parameters if
> required and then start the
> > server.
> > -> If user created table-space directories are involved, then we will
> have to manually adjust the
> > symbolic links (under pg_tblspc) to the new tablespace directory path
> and bring up the server.
> >
> > Adjusting symbolic links is a workaround ( hook! ), is there a any
> official documentation on how
> > 'PostgreSQL server restore to a different mount point' can be achieved ?
>
> That should work.
> The only documentation is at
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-PITR-RECOVERY
> which mentions tablespaces, but does not discuss your case directly.
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
>