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From: Ilya Kosmodemiansky <[email protected]>
To: listy <[email protected]>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: upgrade from 13 to 16
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 13:49:00 +0100
Message-ID: <CAG95seVY8rHSnksNig5-81ZX5PyQ3MAagVV9x4=JJy-Bu62iSg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

Hi listy,

On Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM listy <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Is upgrade from ver. 13 to 16 possible?
>
 it is. You need to use the latest pg_upgrade binary (from version 16 in
this case)


>
> -> $ sudo -u postgres pg_upgrade -D /var/lib/pgsql/data/
>
>
You must identify the directory where the old cluster binaries reside.
>

It tells you exactly what to do. pg_upgrade requires both the old and new
clusters, data dirs and binaries.  So you need to specify aloof -b, -B, -d
and -D


> Please use the -b command-line option or the PGBINOLD environment variable.
> Failure, exiting
>
> Or is a restoration from a backup the only way?
>
> many thanks, L.
>


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