Re: Transfer db from one port to another

From: Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Killian Driscoll <killiandriscoll(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Transfer db from one port to another
Date: 2015-12-23 19:26:35
Message-ID: CANu8FiwWE53bZLT84NuAUxUTjhaiQ2+XH2Ek237cm5DW14SP+Q@mail.gmail.com
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Do not stop the active restore.
Just run psql from the command shell in the Bitnami binary directory and
use -U postgres and -p 5532 flags.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Killian Driscoll <killiandriscoll(at)gmail(dot)com
> wrote:

> On 23 December 2015 at 20:19, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> It's possible the restore is still building indexes.
>>
>> What does it show when you run this query?
>>
> Where do I run this query? Do I stop the restore that is 'active'?
>
>>
>> SELECT datname,
>> pid as pid,
>> client_addr,
>> usename as user,
>> query,
>> CASE WHEN waiting = TRUE
>> THEN 'BLOCKED'
>> ELSE 'no'
>> END as waiting,
>> query_start,
>> current_timestamp - query_start as duration
>> FROM pg_stat_activity
>> WHERE pg_backend_pid() <> pid
>> ORDER BY datname,
>> query_start;
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/23/2015 11:09 AM, Killian Driscoll wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 23 December 2015 at 20:07, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>>>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 12/23/2015 11:03 AM, Killian Driscoll wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 23 December 2015 at 16:02, Adrian Klaver
>>>> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>>>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>>>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 12/23/2015 06:50 AM, Killian Driscoll wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 23 December 2015 at 15:47, Adrian Klaver
>>>> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>>>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>>>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>>>>
>>>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So cd into:
>>>>
>>>> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.3\bin
>>>>
>>>> and try:
>>>>
>>>> pg_dump --help
>>>>
>>>> that will at least establish that the
>>>> command is
>>>> being found.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> OK - --help on the 9.3 lists help options
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In your original post you said you have a 9.3
>>>> instance and
>>>> a 9.4
>>>> instance.
>>>>
>>>> >From your post I would say the 9.3 instance was
>>>> installed
>>>> by the
>>>> one click installer from EDB and the 9.4 from
>>>> Bitami, is
>>>> that correct?
>>>>
>>>> Correct.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So do you know where the 9.4 binaries are
>>>> installed?
>>>>
>>>> If by binaries, you mean the program files they are
>>>> installed
>>>> C:\Bitnami\wappstack-5.5.30-0\postgresql\bin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Per previous posts you want, whenever possible, to us a
>>>> newer
>>>> version of pg_dump to move a database from an older
>>>> version(9.3) to
>>>> a newer one(9.4). Therefore you should do your dump and
>>>> restore
>>>> using the pg_dump.exe and pg_restore.exe from the Bitanami
>>>> bin
>>>> directory. I would cd to the above directory and do:
>>>>
>>>> pg_dump -V
>>>> pg_restore -V
>>>>
>>>> to make sure the programs are found and are the 9.4
>>>> versions.
>>>>
>>>> Then do:
>>>>
>>>> pg_dump -Fc -p 5432 -U postgres -f irll_project.out
>>>> irll_project
>>>>
>>>> pg_restore -U postgres -p 5532 irll_project.out
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It appeared to work with this method, but it has now been
>>>> running for
>>>> almost 4 hours with no result. The db is not that large
>>>> (probably v.
>>>> small by most standards) and the .out file is ~200mb
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What is running, the dump or the restore?
>>>>
>>>> The restore - I can see the dump .out file that was created at 16hr in
>>>> the postgresql/bin folder
>>>>
>>>
>>> So how are you determining it is running and that it is not doing
>>> anything?
>>>
>>> What does the Postgres log for the 9.4 instance show?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Adrian Klaver
>>>> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>>>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>>>> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Adrian Klaver
>>>> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Adrian Klaver
>>> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Melvin Davidson*
>> I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you
>> wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.
>>
>
>

--
*Melvin Davidson*
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wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.

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