[GENERAL] Error installing 9.5 on Win 2012 R2: data dir not created

2016-01-18 Thread DerekW
I am running Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 and upgrading from 9.4.5 to 9.5. I was unable to get pg_upgrade to work so my upgrade path is:1) Backup with pg_dumpall2) Uninstall 9.43) Install 9.54) Restore dataThis worked sucessfully on one server. I am now having issues following the same procedure on a

Re: [GENERAL] Error installing 9.5 on Win 2012 R2: data dir not created

2016-01-18 Thread DerekW
There are no differences between the 2 servers that I can imagine would stop this install. Both were sucessfully running PostgrSQL 9.4.5 prior to the update. The /data directory is not even being created. After uninstalling there is no /PostgreSQL subdirectory under C:/Program Files/. The installe

Re: [GENERAL] Error installing 9.5 on Win 2012 R2: data dir not created

2016-01-19 Thread DerekW
Found the issue: The install that worked is on our in-house development server and I installed with a weak alpah-numeric password. The problem install is on a hosted, soon-to-be production server where I am using a strong, ramdomly generated password that includes special characters. One of the c