Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZYzfz-0005sF-Cj for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:53:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZYzfy-0005Pe-OC for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:53:50 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZYzfy-0005PG-17 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:53:50 +0000 Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([64.68.201.169]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZYzfu-0007TR-PE for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Sep 2015 16:53:49 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4234FE086; Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:53:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mailout.easymail.ca X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -3.816 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.816 required=5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=-0.109, BAYES_00=-2.599, DNS_FROM_AHBL_RHSBL=0.692] Received: from mailout.easymail.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (easymail-mailout.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 7j663-XCfL2e; Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:53:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.2.16] (unknown [8.39.228.5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout.easymail.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 52A9DE066; Mon, 7 Sep 2015 12:53:40 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Subject: Re: Advise on restoring from FileSystem backup From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: <182E8934F4D0094A94B8A0E5A48B8F5A355BA776@MX105CL01.corp.emc.com> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 10:53:38 -0600 Cc: "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <182E8934F4D0094A94B8A0E5A48B8F5A355BA776@MX105CL01.corp.emc.com> To: "Porwal, Utkarsh" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) 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 On Sep 7, 2015, at 10:48 AM, Porwal, Utkarsh wrote: >=20 > Can I stop the db, delete the actual data directory and move back the bac= ked up data directory and start postgress? Yes, but first move the current data directory, don't delete it until you'r= e sure the new is working. --=20 Scott Ribe scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/ (303) 722-0567 voice --=20 Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin