Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-21 Thread Vishal Arora
PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:11:00 +0530 No needs to specify in pg_ctl start/stop clause instead add a variable in PATH. PG_DATA = d:\postgresdata\data. It is start by just typing pg_ctl start/stop. Thanks & B

Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-21 Thread Khan, Mahmood Ahram
shal Arora Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory Each time you start postgres server using pg_ctl you have to mention the data directory location using -D option. Alternatively you can spe

Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-21 Thread Vishal Arora
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 10:45:17 +0700 Hi Ray, Sorry for late reply. Yes, I have tested your instructions and working well. The think is now I need to configure so that it will always automic

Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-21 Thread Linux Geeks
Hi Ray, Sorry for late reply. Yes, I have tested your instructions and working well. The think is now I need to configure so that it will always automically start with the new location. Thank you very much for the detailed instructions, really appreciated it. Regards, Dino On 5/14/07, Ray Ste

Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-13 Thread Ray Stell
On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 11:47:46PM +0700, Linux Geeks wrote: > I'm very new to postgresql and would like to move my data directory to > another partition in Ubuntu. I don't think there is anything internal to pg that locks the data location. Just tell postmaster where you move it to. Shut down

Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-13 Thread Srinivas Kotapally
: Saturday, May 12, 2007 1:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory Hi Srinivas, Is it permanently change it ? Do I have to change some entry in configuration file ? Regards, Dino On 5/12/07, Srinivas Kotapally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Linux Geeks wrote: > I'm very new to postgresql and would like to move my data directory > to another partition in Ubuntu. The standard installation is in > /usr/lib/postgresql. How do I move it into /var/lib/postgresql. The standard data directory on Ubuntu *is* /var/lib/postgresql. You must be

Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-12 Thread Linux Geeks
Hi Srinivas, Is it permanently change it ? Do I have to change some entry in configuration file ? Regards, Dino On 5/12/07, Srinivas Kotapally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can do an initdb -d /var/lib/postgresql to initialize the data directory in the /var/lib/postgresql directory. If you

Re: [ADMIN] Moving data directory

2007-05-12 Thread Srinivas Kotapally
You can do an initdb -d /var/lib/postgresql to initialize the data directory in the /var/lib/postgresql directory. If you also have data in the /usr/lib/postgresql - make sure you back it up and restore it in the new directory. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR