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Postgresql Duplicate DB

From
Sathish Kumar
Date:
Hi All,

I would like to duplicate our existing db on the same server, what will be the faster way to achieve it.

DB size is around 300gb.

RE: Postgresql Duplicate DB

From
Alvaro Aguayo Garcia-Rada
Date:

Hi. Not sure if the fastest, but the first that comes up to my mind is using pg_dump and psql. First you create your new database, then you run this(replacing as needed):

pg_dump OLDDB | psql NEWDB

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Alvaro Aguayo
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---- Sathish Kumar wrote ----


Hi All,

I would like to duplicate our existing db on the same server, what will be the faster way to achieve it.

DB size is around 300gb.

Re: Postgresql Duplicate DB

From
Laurenz Albe
Date:
Sathish Kumar wrote:
> I would like to duplicate our existing db on the same server, what will be the faster way to achieve it.

If it is in the same database cluster, you can use

   CREATE DATABASE newdb TEMPLATE olddb;

Make sure nobody is connected to "olddb" when you do that.

If you want to clone a whole database cluster, you can run

   pg_basebackup -D /new/cluster/directory --wal-method=stream

and recover the new cluster with "restore_command = 'true'".

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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