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From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:48:04 -0500
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Subject: Re: Move pgBackrest repo?
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:24=E2=80=AFAM Colin 't Hart <colinthart@gmail.co=
m> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> What is the best way to move a pgBackrest repo?
>
> It was configured as /var/lib/pgbackrest, but we want to move it to
> /data/pbackrest to get it off the root partition.
>
> It is being written to continually by archivers from several servers.
> Since access is over ssh, there's no server component that we can just st=
op
> for the duration.
>

The first thing I'd do is start rsyncing from /var/lib/pgbackrest to
/data/pbackrest.

I don't, though, know enough about remote PgBackRest configuration to know
whether PG on the db servers needs to be stopped for the moment when you
reconfigure pgbr on the repo server.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:24=E2=80=AFAM =
Colin &#39;t Hart &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:colinthart@gmail.com">colinthart@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container=
"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;borde=
r-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>H=
i all,</div><div><br></div><div>What is the best way to move a pgBackrest r=
epo?</div><div><br></div><div>It was configured as /var/lib/pgbackrest, but=
 we want to move it to /data/pbackrest=C2=A0to get it off the root partitio=
n.</div><div><br></div><div>It is being written to continually by archivers=
 from several servers. Since access is over ssh, there&#39;s no server comp=
onent that we can just stop for the duration.</div></div></blockquote><div>=
<br></div><div>The first thing I&#39;d do is start rsyncing from /var/lib/p=
gbackrest to /data/pbackrest.</div><div><br></div><div>I don&#39;t, though,=
 know enough about remote PgBackRest configuration to know whether PG on th=
e db servers needs to be stopped for the moment when you reconfigure pgbr o=
n the repo server.</div><div><br></div></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature=
_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Death to &lt;Redacted&gt;, and butter sauce.<div>Don&#39;t boil me=
, I&#39;m still alive.<br><div><div>&lt;Redacted&gt; lobster!</div></div></=
div></div></div></div>

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