Re: Best practice for 8.1.5 -> 8.2 migration - with big database? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Erik Jones
Subject Re: Best practice for 8.1.5 -> 8.2 migration - with big database?
Date
Msg-id 45D36A03.5020809@myemma.com
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In response to Best practice for 8.1.5 -> 8.2 migration - with big database?  ("Mason Hale" <masonhale@gmail.com>)
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Mason Hale wrote:
>> From what I've read about postgres 8.2, upgrading from any previous
> version requires a full database dump and restore.
>
> I am working with largish database (~70GB) that I would like to
> upgrade to 8.2.
> A full database dump currently takes ~3 hrs, I expect a restore
> require a similar timeframe if not more.
>
> So, I'm fishing to see of there are alternatives to taking our
> production database down for 6+ hours do this upgrade.
Check out  <a
href="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pg-migrator/">pg_migrator</a>.

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