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From zach cruise
Subject file system level backup
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Responses Re: file system level backup  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@gmail.com>)
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so i installed 9.3 x64 on two windows 2008 servers from one set of installation files. then i created databases on postgresql a, shutdown all the servers, copied /data/ (from "show data_directory") from postgresql a to postgresql b. in short, i did a full file system level backup (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/backup-file.html).

however, postgresql b won't start ("not listening")?

so i restored postgresql b's old /data/, but it still won't start?!

help!

(longer answer - what's the best way to copy data from a to b?)

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