On 10/6/22 09:46, Ron wrote:
> On 10/6/22 10:20, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Ron<ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> writes:
>>> On 10/6/22 09:49, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>> Ron<ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> pg_dump 9.6.24
>>>> You realize that that version's been out of support for a year?
>>> Yes, which is why I'm dumping from an EOL cluster, and restoring to a
>>> supported version.
>> But why are you using the dead version's pg_dump? You could use
>> the supported version of that.
>
> Because installing new software on production servers requires hurdles
> (Service Now change ticket approved by the application support manager,
> Delivery Service Manager, Engineering Change Board, and a one week lead
> time before installing during the Saturday night maintenance window)
> that I'm not willing to jump through just to take an /ad hoc/ database
> backup.
1) So I assume that means Postgres 13.8 has not been installed in
anticipation of the change over?
2) All those hoops, yet you can move the data off site with no issue?
>
>
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