Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D25EB65006C for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:47:12 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10481-04 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:47:09 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DE0364FD92 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:47:09 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mAHHl6Qj005009; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:47:06 -0500 (EST) To: "Anony Mous" cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: restore failure In-reply-to: <1561aee60811170655h55a5a777kf6862d2a262ad3f@mail.gmail.com> References: <1561aee60811170655h55a5a777kf6862d2a262ad3f@mail.gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Anony Mous" message dated "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:55:27 -0700" Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:47:05 -0500 Message-ID: <5008.1226944025@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200811/91 X-Sequence-Number: 30745 "Anony Mous" writes: > I have a moderate size database under RH9 / pgsql 7.3 (I think... that's the > PG_VERSION in the postgres user data directory.) Under 100 mb for the whole > thing. > I'm trying to move the DB to postgresql 8.3 under the current ubuntu in a > 4-core, 4gb machine. Try using the 8.3 pg_dump (or more likely pg_dumpall) to dump from the 7.3 server. (Just point it at that server over the net, you don't need to install it on the old machine.) regards, tom lane