Re: Migrating a Database to a new tablespace - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Markus Schaber
Subject Re: Migrating a Database to a new tablespace
Date
Msg-id 444E5359.5010704@logix-tt.com
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In response to Re: Migrating a Database to a new tablespace  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Migrating a Database to a new tablespace
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Hi, Tom,

Tom Lane wrote:

>>So when pgadmin3 displays no dependencies, can I assume it is safe to
>>empty the tablespace directory manually, and then drop the tablespace?
> 
> Instead of assuming anything, why don't you look in the tablespace
> directory and see what's there?  A quick "ls -aR" would give more
> information than guessing.

There's plenty of stuff there, 8.8 Gigabytes in total. The question is
how to determine if any of those files are still needed, and how to
migrate them so I can drop that tablespace.

-> ls -aR
.:
.  ..  16406  760866  PG_VERSION

./16406:
.      10308  10740  1255   2602  2614  2655  2667  2683  2699
..     10310  10742  1259   2603  2615  2656  2668  2684  2700
10287  10723  10743  16789  2604  2616  2657  2669  2685  2701
10289  10725  10745  16791  2605  2617  2658  2670  2686  2702
10293  10727  10747  16793  2606  2618  2659  2673  2687  2703
10295  10728  10748  16794  2607  2619  2660  2674  2688  2704
10299  10730  10750  16796  2608  2620  2661  2675  2689  PG_VERSION
10301  10732  10752  16798  2609  2650  2662  2678  2690  pg_internal.init
10302  10733  1247   16800  2610  2651  2663  2679  2691
10304  10735  1248   16801  2611  2652  2664  2680  2692
10305  10737  1249   2600   2612  2653  2665  2681  2693
10307  10738  1250   2601   2613  2654  2666  2682  2696

./760866:
.      2620    301718  301891  302062  302231    318719  397700
..     2650    301722  301893  302064  302233    318721  397702
10287  2651    301724  301895  302068  302237    319117  397704
10289  2652    301728  301899  302070  302239    319119  397706
10293  2653    301730  301901  302072  302244    319122  397707
10295  2654    301732  301906  302076  302246    319123  397709
10299  2655    301736  301908  302078  302248    319124  397711
10301  2656    301738  301910  302082  302252    319125  397715
10302  2657    301743  301914  302084  302254    319126  397716
10304  2658    301745  301916  302086  302258    319128  397717
10305  2659    301747  301921  302090  302260    319129  397718
10307  2660    301751  301923  302092  302262    319130  397720
10308  2661    301753  301925  302096  302262.1  319132  397722
10310  2662    301758  301929  302098  302266    319133  397752
10723  2663    301760  301931  302100  302268    319138  397754
10725  2664    301762  301936  302104  302273    319140  397756
10727  2665    301766  301938  302106  302275    319141  399801
10728  2666    301768  301940  302111  302277    319143  399802
10730  2667    301773  301944  302113  302281    319145  399804
10732  2668    301775  301946  302115  302283    319146  399806
10733  2669    301777  301951  302119  302287    319147  399807
10735  2670    301781  301953  302121  302289    319149  399808
10737  2673    301783  301955  302126  302291    319151  399809
10738  2674    301788  301959  302128  302295    319153  399810
10740  2675    301790  301961  302130  302297    319155  399811
10742  2678    301792  301966  302134  302302    319185  399812
10743  2679    301796  301968  302136  302304    319187  399814
10745  2680    301798  301970  302141  302306    319189  399816
10747  2681    301803  301974  302143  302310    319193  399817
10748  2682    301805  301976  302145  302312    319195  399818
10750  2683    301807  301981  302149  302317    390770  399820
10752  2684    301811  301983  302151  302319    390772  399822
1247   2685    301813  301985  302156  302321    390774  399824
1248   2686    301818  301989  302158  302325    396855  399825
1249   2687    301820  301991  302160  302327    396857  399827
1250   2688    301822  301996  302164  302332    396859  399829
1255   2689    301826  301998  302166  302334    397257  400025
1259   2690    301828  302000  302170  302336    397258  400026
2600   2691    301833  302004  302172  302340    397263  400028
2601   2692    301835  302006  302174  302342    397265  400030
2602   2693    301837  302011  302178  302347    397267  400037
2603   2696    301841  302013  302180  302349    397277  400038
2604   2699    301843  302015  302185  302351    397278  400040
2605   2700    301848  302019  302187  302351.1  397280  400042
2606   2701    301850  302021  302189  302355    397282  400082
2607   2702    301852  302026  302193  302357    397305  400083
2608   2703    301856  302028  302195  302362    397306  400085
2609   2704    301858  302030  302199  302364    397308  400087
2610   301500  301863  302034  302201  302366    397310  400483
2611   301502  301865  302036  302203  302370    397347  400484
2612   301504  301867  302040  302207  302372    397348  PG_VERSION
2613   301505  301871  302042  302209  317537    397350  pg_internal.init
2614   301507  301873  302044  302214  317540    397352
2615   301509  301877  302048  302216  318418    397397
2616   301511  301879  302050  302218  318420    397417
2617   301512  301881  302054  302222  318553    397419
2618   301714  301885  302056  302224  318554    397421
2619   301716  301887  302058  302229  318718    397692

Thanks,
Markus
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