Re: [SQL] Moving Database -> New Disk

What about using a symlink ?
mv /usr/local/pgsql /fireball
ln -s /fireball/pgsql /usr/local/pgsql

Should do the whole trick.

Fabrice

"Tim Perdue, Directricity.com" wrote:
>
> I'm trying to do somethat that shouldn't be so darn difficult - moving a
> database to a new bigger disk.
>
> The database is db_domain at /usr/local/pgsq/data/base/db_domain
>
> I want it to reside on /fireball/pgsql/...
>
> I created a dump of db_domain and was able to do initdb on the new
> location - but when I try to createdb, of course db_domain is already taken.
> If I try to createdb using the -D switch I get an error about it not being
> able to find the directory (it's there).
>
> If I don't specify the -D switch, any new database is created under
> /usr/local/pgsql/data/base/, even though I restarted postmaster with -D
> pointing to /fireball/pgsql/....
>
> So Could someone give some specific instructions on moving db_domain over to
> the new hard disk? If there's a FAQ please give a full URL to find it.
>
> Tim