Re: moving tablespaces

On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:15:02 -0700 (PDT)
Grzegorz Dostatni <dostatnig(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I'm running postgresql 8.3.1 on Solaris 10.
>
> I made a mistake when originally setting up the
> database directory (which includes tablespaces). I
> have moved it to a new location, and I have setup a
> symbolic link that allows the db to find the
> tablespaces. What I'm wondering about is how do I make
> the change pernament in the database (ie. without
> using symbolic links)?
>
> What's the safe way to do that?
>
> Is moving the symbolic links from pg_tblspc area
> sufficient? DB needs to be shutdown for that. Will
> that update the pg_tablespace table within the
> database automatically?

Create a new tablespace and move the objects to it (alter table <foo>
tablespace ....). However this will be an exclusive lock for each object
as the task is performed.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
>
>
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