On Fri, Mar 8, 2024 at 5:01 AM Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:
El día viernes, marzo 08, 2024 a las 12:56:16 -0800, Christophe Pettus escribió:
> > > > On Mar 8, 2024, at 00:53, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > > It does not say definitely that for all other versions a dump/restore is > > required. > > You cannot just replace the binaries to upgrade from an earlier major version to 16.X. The release notes use "a dump/restore (is/is not) required" to indicated whether you can just replace the binaries ("is not") and restart the server on the same database files. >
I know we can't just switch the binaries and restart the server. We're compiling the PostgreSQL software by our own (even with some small changes in the C-code) and deliver the full tree as
Also the migration path for customers is described and based on pg_dumpall, setup a new cluster fromm the above new version and load the dump with the new psql command into. The other option (pg_upgrade) we never used.
Upgrading onto a new Linux server (try logical replication or pg_dump -Fd --jobs=), or staying on the old server (pg_upgrade)?