RE: BUG #16497: old and new pg_controldata WAL segment sizes are invalid or do not match

Thanks to all for you we have solved “old and new pg_controldata WAL segment sizes are invalid or do not match ” issue during upgrade.

Below command details

PWD   : /usr/pgsql-12/bin

1.            Stop the server 12

2.            Remove all data from location /var/lib/pgsql/12/data

3.            Go to /usr/pgsql-12/bin

4.            Run below command

./initdb -D /var/lib/pgsql/12/data -U postgres --wal-segsize=64

5. run Upgrade command :

/usr/pgsql-12/bin/pg_upgrade --old-datadir /var/lib/pgsql/11/data/ --new-datadir /var/lib/pgsql/12/data/ --old-bindir /usr/pgsql-11/bin/ --new-bindir /usr/pgsql-12/bin/

Regards,

Ram Pratap.

Lava International Limited.

Tel+  91-120-4637148

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Paquier [mailto:michael@paquier.xyz]
Sent: 29 June 2020 13:05
To: Bruce Momjian
Cc: Stephen Frost; Tom Lane; Jeff Janes; Ram Pratap Maurya; pgsql-bugs
Subject: Re: BUG #16497: old and new pg_controldata WAL segment sizes are invalid or do not match

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 05:26:10PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Instead of mentioning a specific wal_level "or higher", I decided to

> just mention the WAL level _not_ to use;  patch attached.

Sounds fine to me, thanks!

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Michael