Re: Creating new cluster by copying directory?

So it's safe to copy the files in /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/main to
/var/lib/postgresql/9.1/test while main is running?

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Gilberto Castillo <
gilberto(dot)castillo(at)etecsa(dot)cu> wrote:

>
>
> > All: it would take ~4 hours to pg_restore a backup. I want to quickly
> > create a duplicate cluster (for testing). My idea:
> >
> > 1. pg_ctlcreatecluster 9.1 test
> > 2. rm /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/test/*
> > 2. cp /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/main /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/test
> > 3. pg_ctlcluster 9.1 test start
> >
> > Is this viable? If not, is there another way to create a duplicate
> cluster
> > in a timely fashion?
>
> Test Repmgr works with the same philosophy. ;-)
>
>
> Saludos,
> Gilberto Castillo
> La Habana, Cuba
>
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