Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1emnb9-0005Ln-AM for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:31:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1emnb8-0005xp-2g for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:31:14 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1emnb7-0005xg-Gf for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:31:13 +0000 Received: from mail-it0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::234]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1emnb4-0003Q9-1l for pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 21:31:11 +0000 Received: by mail-it0-x234.google.com with SMTP id b66so3312168itd.5 for ; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:31:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:references:in-reply-to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :thread-index:content-language; bh=dCT8rAyyD5zbeJtW6z/U4tN/IXygVAmI+HzIrISQiU8=; b=ku2QGo4iKBbkjN4yrJtGgMnXCBMQjcGAOea70pMFy/poWKYGP8af2LBNQzWSGM+kzD ihYXI/W1/noxNTBg01JRLGKsxG1FufV/rntx8eqWRn8679mTy2PJzL5QqU+1gC4/9UCl 3Sl1TW3WIrcyDpLCKthHHGObEsJwnAcccQNP/xtdPRljnolMBts2YhsdbiAVp0ShE53C fa9YMqtZcn+GA4ilE1LHis32wnel9IgA1a71YWqB2P76L2LznDDqJdsVjiI8oIyq+LmG 0epvCpWs9ONIx9g9iMulOAIesU2Bo7s+vScIHytIhnTuqc4j5cZDiikPPTBIAj0KZNoz 1lQg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:references:in-reply-to:subject:date :message-id:mime-version:thread-index:content-language; bh=dCT8rAyyD5zbeJtW6z/U4tN/IXygVAmI+HzIrISQiU8=; b=ToBDi9LQhqFX2v+qJvG+tmAWZiH5m8A7Aky9cNbwTX8AiNJC1djsWsmD9tpxXty2Kt 8jGkc+Ad7aO7YpscO/jGs2hErFUXxlAJawkpf2romYOM6x1cZmM2ifXmcGdpYWwdEh96 DYtnazSELh0W7P2J4ncLpkSSbIocRhcZy7vtok9g5pwLw/sggtiXYLPoRxwyETSxi+nl 6yiJzrL3sltKJdT/BPUmYRHXrNsg404clVbv0r686ZwUfv9WYr1K9io4UnpNbLCdQ9zA YqF1Or7A4cpodQNBCqHQ3xOahzGiqX6LAw/k6R2lwYNZU94mt/ZByLPzrqWNMiFESfdh wl/A== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPDgn2Ypbxrm5kmR8wco/PLl+kVQoouCcNAfHUiPOyujiiH8z5t7 ELnu1GAvbRTeZ4M9lOehBBg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x225nPXOp+VBEBdgK1wB+x2fb5LBOnGbXO7Lmt3BxRaj2/oKbU+XM4y9BfxIssPYnY+0fPxeR0w== X-Received: by 10.36.115.13 with SMTP id y13mr9528011itb.94.1518816668794; Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:31:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from RonPC (wsip-72-214-222-226.ph.ph.cox.net. [72.214.222.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q189sm4225141iof.84.2018.02.16.13.31.06 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:31:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Ron Watkins" To: "'Ahmed, Nawaz'" , References: <233701d3a759$091f98f0$1b5ecad0$@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: How to move a postgres server Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:31:04 -0700 Message-ID: <23f201d3a76d$740ba370$5c22ea50$@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_23F3_01D3A732.C7AE2B00" X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQM85jQyxeCY3Yaj/CouZsvthK4PjQItGzU+oMOk+0A= Content-Language: en-us List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_23F3_01D3A732.C7AE2B00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Im a relative newbie=E2=80=A6 Can I create a new Postgresql server with the same name as the running = server? I need to preserve both the database name as well as the server name. = The only difference is the hostname. We can take an outage.