E.15. Postgres Pro Standard 13.7.1

Release Date: 2022-05-26

E.15.1. Overview

This release is based on PostgreSQL 13.7 and Postgres Pro Standard 13.6.1. All improvements inherited from PostgreSQL 13.7 are listed in PostgreSQL 13.7 Release Notes. Other major changes and enhancements are as follows:

  • Ended support for Ubuntu 21.04 and added support for Ubuntu 22.04.

  • Ended support for OSnova 2.0.

  • Ended support for GosLinux 7.

  • Upgraded mamonsu to version 3.4.0. Notable changes are as follows:

    • Added a new timeout parameter to the [zabbix] section of the mamonsu configuration file. It allows you to set maximum time to wait while connecting to the Zabbix server.

    • Added a new mamonsu dashboard upload template_name command, which can be used to upload a Zabbix dashboard with the mamonsu metrics to a template on the Zabbix server version 6.0 or higher.

  • Upgraded PTRACK to version 2.3.0, optimizing PTRACK map loading, which previously in some cases could considerably slow down overall database loading. A substantial speed-up is observed for large-size maps.

  • Upgraded pgpro_stats to version 1.4, which provides the following new features and bugfixes:

    • Added pgpro_stats_vacuum_tables and pgpro_stats_vacuum_indexes views, which show statistics about vacuuming tables and indexes, respectively. Functions with the same names, which define these views for any specified database and table/index, are also added and can return statistics about vacuuming all tables/indexes in the specified database too.

    • Fixed a bug in extra shared memory allocation. The size of this memory was calculated with an error, which could cause memory corruption, incorrect computation of statistics or even a server crash.

    • Fixed an issue that caused a server crash when queries that only differ in constants contained in the query text were sent one after another through the extended query protocol.

  • Upgraded pgpro_pwr to version 3.9, which provides the following new features and bugfixes:

    • Added statistics on invalidation messages and on vacuuming tables and indexes to the report.

    • Optimized retention handling for obsolete dictionary entries in the pgpro_pwr historical repository.

    • Fixed the type of value in calculating the wait time while taking a sample. This prevents a yet unlikely integer overflow error.

E.15.2. Migration to Version 13.7.1

If you are upgrading from Postgres Pro Standard based on the same PostgreSQL major version, it is enough to install the new version into your current installation directory.

When upgrading from Postgres Pro versions 13.2.1 or lower, rebuild indexes containing at least one included column of type for which the collation was defined in the table.

If you are upgrading from Postgres Pro versions 13.2.2 or lower and take PTRACK backups using pg_probackup, retake a full backup after upgrade.

To migrate from PostgreSQL or a Postgres Pro Standard release based on a previous PostgreSQL major version, see the instructions in Postgres Pro Standard 13.1.1 Release Notes.