Re: [ADMIN] reinstall postgreSQL same version while server up and running possible under linux ?

2010-11-02 Thread Gerhard Hintermayer
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Robert Gravsjö wrote: > > > On 2010-11-02 15.51, Gerhard Hintermayer wrote: >> >> Thanks, I know that. But slots are reserved per major version (i.e. >> one for 8.1, one for 8.4, one for 9.0), but you don't have multiple >> slots per minor version. > > Yes, you're r

Re: [ADMIN] reinstall postgreSQL same version while server up and running possible under linux ?

2010-11-02 Thread Vladimir Rusinov
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Gerhard Hintermayer < gerhard.hinterma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry for posting this again, but my last post regarding this > problematic wasn't answered satisfyingly. (maybe I didn't find the > right words for my question ;-) ) > > > is this (or a minor upgrade) a

Re: [ADMIN] reinstall postgreSQL same version while server up and running possible under linux ?

2010-11-02 Thread Robert Gravsjö
Re-sending to list since I forgot to include it on reply. On 2010-11-02 13.59, Gerhard Hintermayer wrote: > Sorry for posting this again, but my last post regarding this > problematic wasn't answered satisfyingly. (maybe I didn't find the > right words for my question ;-) ) > > > is this (or a mi

[ADMIN] reinstall postgreSQL same version while server up and running possible under linux ?

2010-11-02 Thread Gerhard Hintermayer
Sorry for posting this again, but my last post regarding this problematic wasn't answered satisfyingly. (maybe I didn't find the right words for my question ;-) ) is this (or a minor upgrade) a "safe" way to go under linux ? I'm on a production system and I don't want to restart the DB server whi