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From: Subhash Udata <[email protected]>
To: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Questions on Upgrading PostgreSQL from 15.0 to 15.9 and Setting Up Streaming Replication
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:06:14 +0530
Message-ID: <CAD=40Z1wJ7mBej9=Yqfo_1m-eOV61E=s6yDjZSaTBESbGunBUA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <CAD=40Z3Rvbx46SxYBBdLvgSObXCP+Firszz++rDTXmGX795D2Q@mail.gmail.com>
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The reason to upgrade from 15.0 to 15.9 is this
https://www.postgresql.org/support/security/CVE-2024-10979/

Here it is mentioned that this vulnerability is fixed in 15.9
So our organization wants an upgrade from 15.0 to 15.9

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 at 21:48, Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 11/24/24 08:05, Subhash Udata wrote:
> > Dear PostgreSQL Community,
> >
> > I have a production database setup with a primary server and a standby
> > server. The database is currently running on *PostgreSQL 15.0*, and I
> > plan to upgrade both servers to *15.9*.
> >
> > I have the following questions regarding the upgrade and replication
> > process:
> >
> >  1.
> >
> >     *Upgrade and Replication Compatibility*:
> >
> >       * My plan is to perform a failover, promote the standby server
> >         (currently 15.0) to primary, and then upgrade the old primary
> >         server to version 15.9.
> >       * After upgrading the old primary server to version 15.9, I want
> >         to configure it as a standby server and set up streaming
> >         replication with the new primary server, which will still be
> >         running version 15.0.
> >       * Is it possible to establish streaming replication between these
> >         two versions (*15.0* as primary and *15.9* as standby)?
> >  2.
> >
> >     *Efficient Replication Setup*:
> >
> >       * The production database is around *1TB in size*, and creating
> >         replication using |pg_basebackup| is taking more than 2–3 hours
> >         to complete.
> >       * Is there an alternative method to set up replication without
> >         taking a full backup of the entire cluster but instead using
> >         only the WAL files that have changed on both servers?
>
> Why?
>
> 15.0 --> 15.9(actually you want the latest release 15.10) is a minor
> upgrade it involves shutting down the servers installing the new version
> binaries on each and restarting them.
>
> You should read:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning/
>
> It would be a good idea to go through the Release Notes here:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/release.html
>
> To see what changed.
>
> >
> > Your guidance and recommendations on these questions will be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you for your time and support!
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Subhash
> >
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> [email protected]
>
>


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