On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Hyatt, Gordon <Gordon.Hyatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I want to move an existing tablespace on an FC8 box. I read (at > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/manage-ag-tablespaces.html) > that one can simply stop the server, update the symbolic link in > $PGDATA/pg_tblspc, start the server, then update the pg_tablespace > catalog to point to the new location. > > Is this all there is to moving a tablespace? It seems too easy. > > The tablespace I want to move is only around 1GB in size so dropping and > reloading during the next maintenance cycle is not that much of an > issue; although, I'd prefer not to. Couldn't you also create a new tablespace elsewhere, and use the SET TABLESPACE subcommand of ALTER TABLE (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-altertable.html) to migrate all the appropriate tables? Granted, it's not exactly the same as moving the tablespace, but there's less manual updating of system catalogs and potentially less downtime. I don't have a whole lot of experience with tablespaces so I may be missing something, but that's something you might want to try out. Peter -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
