On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:44 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > prior to that error, something else catastrophic must have happened to the > system, that error is more of a side effect. recovering a database server > that far gone which is running such an obsolete version will likely be an > expensive proposition. before doing anything, you should make a complete > backup of the $PGDATA directory (and other tablespace directories, if you > use any). Definitely take a backup of PGDATA before doing anything! What you could do is copying its contents to a large disk, and then allow it to recover from the crash. You are going to need more space at the end. And yes, upgrade as well. Lagging 7 major releases behind cannot be an excuse. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
