On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 18:27 +0800, Phoenix Kiula wrote: > What;s the YUM command to upgrade PG? Do I need to stop PG server? Can > I be sure that my config and other settings will not be overwritten?
If you are upgrading from 8.X.Y to 8.X.Z, you don't need to backup anything. If you are performing a major upgrade, you need to dump and restore. http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pgrpm.htm http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/index.php?/archives/45-An-Almost-Idiots-Guide-to-PostgreSQL-YUM.html http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/index.php?/archives/60-YUM-2-Almost-Idiots-Guide-to-upgrade-from-PostgreSQL-8.3.1-to-8.3.3.html http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/files/PostgreSQL-RPM-Installation-PGDG.pdf are good howtos about this. -- Devrim GÜNDÜZ, RHCE Command Prompt - http://www.CommandPrompt.com devrim~gunduz.org, devrim~PostgreSQL.org, devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr http://www.gunduz.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/devrimgunduz
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