Re: pg_dump to a remote server

From: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump to a remote server
Date: 2018-04-17 01:43:34
Message-ID: c105053c-372c-b258-5a27-ca952e7f063b@gmail.com
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On 04/16/2018 07:18 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 04/16/2018 04:58 PM, Ron wrote:
>> We're upgrading from v8.4 to 9.6 on a new VM in a different DC.  The dump
>> file will be more than 1TB, and there's not enough disk space on the
>> current system for the dump file.
>>
>> Thus, how can I send the pg_dump file directly to the new server while
>> the pg_dump command is running?  NFS is one method, but are there others
>> (netcat, rsync)?  Since it's within the same company, encryption is not
>> required.
>
> Maybe?:
>
> pg_dump -d test -U postgres -Fc | ssh aklaver(at)arkansas 'cat > test_cat.out'

That looks promising.  I could then "pg_restore -jX".

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