On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 11:28:12AM -0600, Don Seiler wrote:
> In step 10 of the pg_upgrade doc atÂ
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/
> pgupgrade.html, it uses this example for rsyncing the main $PGDATA dir to the
> standby:
>
>
> rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive
> /opt/PostgreSQL/9.5/data \
> /opt/PostgreSQL/9.6/data standby.example.com:/opt/PostgreSQL
>
>
> However when I ran this (substituting /var/lib/pgsql for /opt/PostgreSQL), I
> found that it put a directory under /var/lib/pgsql/data, and my 9.6/data dir
> was still empty. Furthermore, what was in /var/lib/pgsql/data appeared to be
> the old 9.2 contents.
>
> I suspect this is because the "data" directories are two levels below the
> parent directory specified at the end of the command. When I used the similar
> command for separate tablespaces, it worked as expected.
>
> When I run the command with the "data" dir, so that I'm just specifying 9.2
> and
> 9.6, it works as desired. eg:
>
>
> rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive
> /opt/PostgreSQL/9.5 \
> /opt/PostgreSQL/9.6 standby.example.com:/opt/PostgreSQL
>
>
> FWIW I was upgrading from 9.2.22 to 9.6.6 on CentOS 6.
Sorry I am just getting to this. I was able to reproduce your results
with rsync version 3.1.1. With /opt/PostgreSQL containing:
/opt/PostgreSQL
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.5
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.5/data
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.5/data/x
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.6
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.6/data
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.6/data/y
This script:
TMP="/tmp"
rm -rf $TMP/PostgreSQL
mkdir -p $TMP/PostgreSQL/9.5/data
mkdir -p $TMP/PostgreSQL/9.6/data
rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only \
--no-inc-recursive /opt/PostgreSQL/9.5 \
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.6 $TMP/PostgreSQL
find $TMP/PostgreSQL -print
Yields:
/tmp/PostgreSQL
/tmp/PostgreSQL/9.5
/tmp/PostgreSQL/9.5/data
--> /tmp/PostgreSQL/9.5/data/x
/tmp/PostgreSQL/9.6
/tmp/PostgreSQL/9.6/data
--> /tmp/PostgreSQL/9.6/data/y
which is correct, but if I change rsync to match our docs:
rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only \
--no-inc-recursive /opt/PostgreSQL/9.5/data \
/opt/PostgreSQL/9.6/data $TMP/PostgreSQL
I get:
/rtmp/PostgreSQL
/rtmp/PostgreSQL/9.5
/rtmp/PostgreSQL/9.5/data
/rtmp/PostgreSQL/9.6
/rtmp/PostgreSQL/9.6/data
--> /rtmp/PostgreSQL/data
--> /rtmp/PostgreSQL/data/x
--> /rtmp/PostgreSQL/data/y
which is incorrect and the behavior you reported.
The incorrect example was added a few months ago:
commit 9521ce4a7a1125385fb4de9689f345db594c516a
Author: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Sep 13 09:11:28 2017 -0400
docs: improve pg_upgrade standby instructions
This makes it clear that pg_upgrade standby upgrade instructions
should
only be used in link mode, adds examples, and explains how rsync
works
with links.
Reported-by: Andreas Joseph Krogh
Discussion:
https://postgr.es/m/VisenaEmail.6c.c0e592c5af4ef0a2.15e785dcb61@tc7-visena
Backpatch-through: 9.5
but the generic syntax mentioning the data directory has been there for
a while. I am wondering if people had to test this to get it working
and didn't report that saying datadir was inaccurate.
I propse the attached patch to fix the generic syntax and the example.
I will backpatch it through 9.5. As you stated, the tablespace example
is fine.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 055eac3..baf67db
*** a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgupgrade.sgml
*************** pg_upgrade.exe
*** 494,503 ****
server:
<programlisting>
! rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive old_pgdata new_pgdata remote_dir
</programlisting>
! where <option>old_pgdata</option> and <option>new_pgdata</option> are relative
to the current directory on the primary, and <option>remote_dir</option>
is <emphasis>above</emphasis> the old and new cluster directories
on the standby. The directory structure under the specified
--- 494,503 ----
server:
<programlisting>
! rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive old_cluster new_cluster remote_dir
</programlisting>
! where <option>old_cluster</option> and <option>new_cluster</option> are relative
to the current directory on the primary, and <option>remote_dir</option>
is <emphasis>above</emphasis> the old and new cluster directories
on the standby. The directory structure under the specified
*************** rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --
*** 506,513 ****
remote directory, e.g.
<programlisting>
! rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive /opt/PostgreSQL/9.5/data \
! /opt/PostgreSQL/9.6/data standby.example.com:/opt/PostgreSQL
</programlisting>
You can verify what the command will do using
--- 506,513 ----
remote directory, e.g.
<programlisting>
! rsync --archive --delete --hard-links --size-only --no-inc-recursive /opt/PostgreSQL/9.5 \
! /opt/PostgreSQL/9.6 standby.example.com:/opt/PostgreSQL
</programlisting>
You can verify what the command will do using
