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From: Holger Jakobs <holger@jakobs.com>
To: Pepe TD Vo <pepevo@yahoo.com>
To: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Move base directory to different location
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 15:27:10 +0100
Message-ID: <f311483e-50ae-2d8b-b41d-72570974d33c@jakobs.com> (raw)
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Have a look here: 
https://info.crunchydata.com/blog/how-to-perform-a-major-version-upgrade-using-pg_upgrade-in-postgre...

I couldn't write it any better.


Am 26.11.20 um 15:06 schrieb Pepe TD Vo:
> Morning Holdger,
>
> since you are mentioning "upgrade to a newer major version", would you 
> please share step by step how to do it in replica?  I have tried to 
> migrate  v.11 to 12 before and failed to upgrade.
>
> v/r,
>
>
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> On Thursday, November 26, 2020, 09:00:48 AM EST, Holger Jakobs 
> <holger@jakobs.com> wrote:
>
>
> It is no problem to move the base directory.
>
>  1. stop the database server
>  2. move the base directory as a whole to some other location
>     mv /var/lib/pgsql/10/data/base /some/other/location
>  3. create a symbolic link pointing to the new location
>     cd /var/lib/pgsql/10/data
>     ln -s /some/other/location/base .
>  4. start the database server
>
> BTW, an upgrade to a newer major version would be a good idea.
>
> Regards,
>
> Holger
>
> Am 26.11.20 um 13:59 schrieb Yambu:
> Hello
>
> May i know the procedure of moving the base directory from 
> /var/lib/pgsql/10/data/base to another location?
>
> regards
> -- 
> Holger Jakobs, Bergisch Gladbach, Tel. +49-178-9759012

-- 
Holger Jakobs, Bergisch Gladbach, Tel. +49-178-9759012

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