Re: Faster way of upgrading postgresql to 10 from 9.5

Ah - sorry. missed that -k at the end! That is about as fast as you can
get without resorting to replication to do the upgrade on another host.

regards

Mark

On 25/11/17 18:42, Debraj Manna wrote:
> Yes Mark I tried it like below (pg_upgrade with -k) - For 490 GB it
> took about 17 mins in a single node postgres . Is it possible to
> reduce this?
>
> *sudo -H -u postgres /usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/pg_upgrade \*
> *   -b /usr/lib/postgresql/9.5/bin \*
> *   -B /usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin \*
> *   -d /var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql0 \*
> *   -D /var/lib/postgresql/10/data/postgresql0 \*
> *   -o ' -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.5/main/postgresql.conf' \*
> *   -O ' -c config_file=/etc/postgresql/10/main/postgresql.conf' -k *
>
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Mark Kirkwood
> <mark(dot)kirkwood(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz <mailto:mark(dot)kirkwood(at)catalyst(dot)net(dot)nz>>
> wrote:
>
> I'd recommend looking at pg_upgrade again, but using the --link
> (-k) option to avoid copying the data. Should be quite a bit faster.
>
> regards
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 25/11/17 18:17, Debraj Manna wrote:
>
> Ok.
>
> Is there any other approach by which I can do the migration
> without doubling the disk space?
>
> I can bear small downtime.
>
> Sent from GMail on Android
>
> On Nov 25, 2017 10:40 AM, "Alvaro Aguayo Garcia-Rada"
> <aaguayo(at)opensysperu(dot)com <mailto:aaguayo(at)opensysperu(dot)com>
> <mailto:aaguayo(at)opensysperu(dot)com
> <mailto:aaguayo(at)opensysperu(dot)com>>> wrote:
>
>     Yes, but only during the migration. After fi ishing and
> checking
>     your data, you can stop & destroy the old instance
>
>     Of course, this is only needed if you want a zero or little
>     downtime migration, specially on production environment.
>
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Alvaro Aguayo
>     Jefe de Operaciones
>     Open Comb Systems E.I.R.L.
>
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>
>     ---- Debraj Manna wrote ----
>
>
>     I am using one node postgres.
>
>     So if I am setting up pglogical then I guess disk space will
>     double up?
>
>     Sent from GMail on Android
>
>     On Nov 25, 2017 9:34 AM, "Alvaro Aguayo Garcia-Rada"
>     <aaguayo(at)opensysperu(dot)com <mailto:aaguayo(at)opensysperu(dot)com>
> <mailto:aaguayo(at)opensysperu(dot)com
> <mailto:aaguayo(at)opensysperu(dot)com>>> wrote:
>
>         You can do an (almost) zero downtime migration between any
>         postgres version starting with 9.2 using pglogical.
>
>         Basically, you first set up your new instance as a full
>         replica of the old one. Then, you change whatever
>         configuration your app has, changing the connection
> parameters
>         so they point to the new instance, reboot your app(s) if
>         needed, and that's all. As pglogical does not blocks
> changes
>         on slaves, your app will run normally even with pglogical
>         installed and active, letting you a time frame where
> you can
>         have some connections still pointing to your old instance,
>         with changes made on such connections being reflected
> on your
>         new instance(warning: the opposite way will not happen.
>
>         Regards,
>
>         Alvaro Aguayo
>         Jefe de Operaciones
>         Open Comb Systems E.I.R.L.
>
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>         Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone
>
>         ---- Debraj Manna wrote ----
>
>
>         Cross posting from stack-exchange
>        
> <https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/191693/faster-way-of-upgrading-postgres-to-10-from-9-5
> <https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/191693/faster-way-of-upgrading-postgres-to-10-from-9-5>>
>
>
>         /I am trying to test the migration of postgres to 10
> from 9.5/
>         /
>         /
>         /On trying in a test DB of size 490 GB in one postgres
> node it
>         is taking about 18 mins. The command I used/
>         /
>         /
>         /sudo -H -u postgres
> /usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/pg_upgrade \/
>         / -b /usr/lib/postgresql/9.5/bin \/
>         / -B /usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin \/
>         / -d /var/lib/postgresql/data/postgresql0 \/
>         / -D /var/lib/postgresql/10/data/postgresql0 \/
>         / -o ' -c
> config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.5/main/postgresql.conf' \/
>         / -O ' -c
> config_file=/etc/postgresql/10/main/postgresql.conf'
>         -k /
>         /
>         /
>         /Is there any faster way of doing this?/
>
>
>
>