Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YqPD5-00017o-5u for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 17:03:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YqPD3-00052M-Ut for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 17:03:41 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YqPD2-00052F-SC for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 17:03:40 +0000 Received: from imx3.etecsa.cu ([200.55.152.137]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YqPCy-0008Ey-F8 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 07 May 2015 17:03:40 +0000 Received: from Unknown ([192.168.91.45] helo=mn3.etecsa.cu) by imx3.etecsa.cu with ESMTP id tD2LtO1W29665; Thu, 7 May 2015 13:02:21 -0400 Received: (qmail 27891 invoked by uid 11185); 7 May 2015 18:02:56 -0000 Received: from 192.168.91.6 by mn3.etecsa.cu (envelope-from , uid 502) with qmail-scanner-2.08 (spamassassin: 3.2.5. Clear:RC:1(192.168.91.6):. Processed in 0.024216 secs); 07 May 2015 18:02:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail.etecsa.cu) ([192.168.91.6]) (envelope-sender ) by mn2.etecsa.cu (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 7 May 2015 18:02:55 -0000 Received: from 192.168.207.54 (SquirrelMail authenticated user gilberto.castillo) by webmail.etecsa.cu with HTTP; Thu, 7 May 2015 13:02:53 -0500 (GMT+5) Message-ID: <58149.192.168.207.54.1431021773.squirrel@webmail.etecsa.cu> In-Reply-To: <554B9261.9080305@geograph.co.za> References: <554B9261.9080305@geograph.co.za> Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 13:02:53 -0500 (GMT+5) Subject: Re: connect postgresql to a different cluster From: "Gilberto Castillo" To: "Zoltan Szecsei" Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Reply-To: gilberto.castillo@etecsa.cu User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5_4.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: gilberto.castillo@etecsa.cu X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 72422 [Jan 28 2015] X-SpamTest-Method: none X-SpamTest-Rate: 0 X-SpamTest-Status: Not detected X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: not_detected X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0285], KAS30/SDK/Release X-Anti-Virus: Kaspersky Mail Gateway, version: 5.6.28/RELEASE, bases: 20140401T050822 #7726142, check: 20150507 clean Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=tD2MtKCi55249=imx3.etecsa.cu=" X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --=tD2MtKCi55249=imx3.etecsa.cu= Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Hi, > My question refers to a newly installed postgresql 9.4 on ubuntu 15.04. > > Is it possible to mount a file system with an existing 9.4 version > postgresql cluster onto a new machine and get a fresh postgresql install > to connect to that cluster? > > When I installed postgresql it created a /var/lib/postgrersql/9.4/main > cluster, and pointed to it via /etc/postgresql/9.4/main > > I then mounted a HD with an existing v9.4 postgresql cluster called > gisdata at /mnt/geo_pgsql/postgres. > Note that I have no /etc/postgresql/9.4/gisdata directory. (I forgot to > back it up before reinstalling ubuntu) > > initdb -D /mnt/geo_pgsql/postgres will clobber my existing gisdata > cluster, will it not? Use: pg_ctl -D /mnt/geo_pgsql/postgres -l /tmp/logfile start Saludos, Gilberto Castillo ETECSA, La Habana, Cuba --=tD2MtKCi55249=imx3.etecsa.cu= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline --- This message was processed by Kaspersky Mail Gateway 5.6.28/RELEASE running at host imx3.etecsa.cu Visit our web-site: , --=tD2MtKCi55249=imx3.etecsa.cu= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin --=tD2MtKCi55249=imx3.etecsa.cu=--