On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 16:24 +0200, Olivier LEVESQUE wrote: > Hi, > > I am currently testing pg_upgrade (in copy mode) to migrate a 8.4.4 > old cluster to a new 9.0.3 one. > It runs fine except when databases contain tablespaces > > > $pg_upgrade -d /pgqdata/pgserver01/data -D /pgqdata/pgserver02/data -b > /opt/pgsql/na/8.4.4/bin -B /opt/pgsql/na/9.0.3/bin -p 5432 -P 5433 > > Performing Consistency Checks > ----------------------------- > Checking old data directory (/pgqdata/pgserver01/data) ok > Checking old bin directory (/opt/pgsql/na/8.4.4/bin) ok > Checking new data directory (/pgqdata/pgserver02/data) ok > Checking new bin directory (/opt/pgsql/na/9.0.3/bin) ok > Checking for reg* system oid user data types ok > Checking for /contrib/isn with bigint-passing mismatch ok > Checking for large objects ok > Creating catalog dump ok > Checking for presence of required libraries ok > > | If pg_upgrade fails after this point, you must > | re-initdb the new cluster before continuing. > | You will also need to remove the ".old" suffix > | from /pgqdata/pgserver01/data/global/pg_control.old. > > Performing Migration > -------------------- > Adding ".old" suffix to old global/pg_control ok > Analyzing all rows in the new cluster ok > Freezing all rows on the new cluster ok > Deleting new commit clogs ok > Copying old commit clogs to new server ok > Setting next transaction id for new cluster ok > Resetting WAL archives ok > Setting frozenxid counters in new cluster ok > Creating databases in the new cluster > psql:/opt/pgsql/bin/pg_upgrade_dump_globals.sql:38: ERROR: directory > "/pgqdata/pgserver01/data/tbs_ptest/PG_9.0_201008051" already in use > as a tablespace > That would mean that you have a 9.0 tablespace in the /pgqdata/pgserver01/data/tbs_ptest directory. Is it true? and IIUC your directory layout, it shouldn't. > The failing command in pg_upgrade_dump_globals.sql is: > > CREATE TABLESPACE tbs_ptest OWNER ptestowner LOCATION > '/pgqdata/pgserver01/data/tbs_ptest'; > > ===> I would prefer that pg_upgrade translate the location to one in > the new cluster data directory (PGDATA), i.e. > /pgqdata/pgserver02/data/tbs_ptest > It would work for you if all the tablespaces in pgserver01 are in the same base directory, and all the tablespaces in pgserver02 should be in the same base directory. This is a very limited use case. > Does anyone know a possible workaround for this problem ? > The only way is to change the code. It shouldn't be too hard, but is potentially dangerous. Otherwise, nope. -- Guillaume http://blog.guillaume.lelarge.info http://www.dalibo.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
