I told you I would never go for a production with link mode. However, I was working with pg_upgrade copy mode and in the middle I got an error saying missing some extensions. I rollback and start the operation after setting everything up. I don't know how it will behave in link mode if you fail in the middle.
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Igor Neyman <iney...@perceptron.com> wrote: > > From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto: > pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of AI Rumman > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:56 PM > To: Fabio Rueda Carrascosa > Cc: pgsql-general > Subject: Re: [GENERAL] pg_upgrade link mode > > I always think its a bit risky to use link instead of copying. However, > I'd suggest to try the --check at first of pg_upgrade. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Why? > Do you have specific experience, when link mode caused any problems? > Could you share? > > Regards, > Igor Neyman >