That is very true and well pointed out. Renato Oliveira Systems Administrator e-mail: renato.oliveira@xxxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 (0)1763 260811 Fax: +44 (0)1763 262410 http://www.grant.co.uk/ Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Ltd Company registered in England, registration number 658133 Registered office address: 29 Station Road, Shepreth, CAMBS SG8 6GB UK -----Original Message----- From: Brad Nicholson [mailto:bnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 30 March 2010 15:38 To: Iñigo Martinez Lasala Cc: Renato Oliveira; pgsql-admin Subject: Re: Migrate postgres to newer hardware On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 16:29 +0200, Iñigo Martinez Lasala wrote: > Hi Renato. > > I would follow the ancient method: perform a pg_dump / pg_restore This is the easiest approach. The problem is that a lot of people have contractual SLA's that do not allow them to take their systems down long enough to do a dump and restore upgrade. -- Brad Nicholson 416-673-4106 Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp. -----Original Message----- P Please consider the environment before printing this email CONFIDENTIALITY: The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential. It is intended only for the named recipients(s). If you are not the named recipient please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person or take copies. VIRUSES: The contents of this e-mail or attachment(s) may contain viruses which could damage your own computer system. Whilst Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Ltd has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should therefore carry out your own virus checks before opening the attachment(s). OpenXML: For information about the OpenXML file format in use within Grant Instruments please visit our http://www.grant.co.uk/Support/openxml.html -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin