Thank for the link! Just to make sure I understand properly... When I installed Postgresql, I set $PGDATA to point on my old drive and I must now move everything on the new one. In order to move everything on the new drive I must create a tablespace on the new drive and then explicitly define this tablespace as the new location of... - the postgres database - my personal database - pg_default - pg_global Anything I missed or put in the wrong sequence? Regards, Daniel -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Raymond O'Donnell Sent: May-11-15 09:19 To: Daniel Begin; pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Restarting DB after moving to another drive On 11/05/2015 13:38, Daniel Begin wrote: > I just get it back running with the old drive - was some Windows > hidden behavior! > > However, does someone could tell me what went wrong with the procedure > I used to move the DB? > And/or what procedure I should have used in order to get it right? I've never done it myself, but I understand that one way to do it is with tablespaces: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/manage-ag-tablespaces.html As I understand it, you create a new tablespace on the new disk, then move your database objects to it. How that plays with Windows, I've no idea.... I'd guess that changing the drive letter might well cause Bad Things to happen. Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland rod@xxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
