Re: Database file compatibility between OS - Mailing list pgsql-admin

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In response to Re: Database file compatibility between OS  (Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>)
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Ubuntu 16.04 will be 64 bit, yes? I would be surprised if that works.

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 3:38:38 PM
To: zhigang wang; pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Database file compatibility between OS
 
zhigang wang wrote:
> My instance of PostgreSQL 10.1 is running on Solaris 10 x86. I am going to change the OS to Ubuntu 16.04. Here is my plan for the database server:
> - Shutdown the server
> - Copy the local db folder /data/db/pgsql to a storage server.
> - Install Ubuntu and PostgreSQL 10.1
> - Copy /data/db/pgsql from storage server back to local.
> - Start the server.
> Will this work? Or I have to pg_dump then pg_restore to recreate the database instance?

No; you'll have to dump and restore to migrate to a different architecture.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe



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