On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Jeff Baldwin <tarheelj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I am working to migrate 2 DB's (not the entire postgres instance), from 1 > host to another... and I need some guidance on the best approach/practice. > > I have migrated ~25 other DB's in this environment, and I was able to use > pg_dump/pgrestore for those, and it worked fine. These final 2 are live > DB's, and I need to move them with minimal downtime (1-2hrs is acceptable). > > The DB's are blob DB's that are 45 and 90G in size, and are in the same > Data Center, with 1G connection in between > > I am running postres 8.3 (I know :) ), so there may be some limitations > there as well. > > Any help/guidance on the best way to approach this, are greatly > appreciated. > > Kind Regards, > Jeff > Well generically speaking, since you are migrating from 8.3, you are limited to pg_dump in plain format. It would be nice (important) to know the PostgreSQL version you are migrating to, as well as what O/S you are working with. -- *Melvin Davidson* I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.
