Yes, the instance already running is live in that users are indirectly querying/writing to it. I just need to launch a 2nd instance.
On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:57 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote: > On 11/09/2015 06:03 PM, anj patnaik wrote: > > CCing list > >> I used the graphical installer to install PG 9.4 on this system. Also, >> my OS is RHEL 6.5. Thanks for any help! >> > > Hmm, not sure you can mix this with an RPM install. I thought I remember > that the graphical installer could deal with multiple instances, but I do > not use it personally so that is just a guess. Maybe someone with more > experience with it could offer a suggestion. > > One more question?: > > Is the 9.4 instance you have running a live production database? > > If not it might be easier to start over using a different method assuming > that you cannot get the graphical method to install side by side instances. > > >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:14 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>> wrote: >> >> On 11/09/2015 03:48 PM, anj patnaik wrote: >> >> I found this link explaining how to launch multiple instances. I >> was not >> able to find detailed steps like these in the postgres docs. >> >> Is this accurate from what you perceive? It also says to have >> separate >> init.d scripts (startup). Thanks >> >> >> https://opensourcedbms.com/dbms/running-multiple-postgresql-9-2-instances-on-one-server-in-centos-6rhel-6fedora/ >> >> >> Well if you really have your heart set on this I would take look at >> this: >> >> http://yum.postgresql.org/howtoyum.php >> >> Though the above would depend on how you installed your current >> version of Postgres 9.4. >> >> So where did you install it from? >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Adrian Klaver >> <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >> >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>>> wrote: >> >> On 11/09/2015 11:40 AM, anj patnaik wrote: >> >> I have a linux 6.5 RHEL VM in which I am running an >> instance of >> PG 9.4. >> In order to test NFS, I want to run a second instance >> on same VM but >> different file system. >> >> >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/interactive/app-initdb.html >> >> init the cluster on the file system you want using -D, >> assuming the >> VM can access that file system. >> >> FYI, best practices is not to run on NFS, so do not be >> surprised if >> things break. >> >> >> Has anyone done this and is it possible with no issues? >> >> >> >> Or is it better to run different versions of PG on same >> server? >> >> >> No, you just need to make sure the Postgres clusters are >> listening >> on different ports. That means going into postgresql.conf >> in the >> cluster and changing the port variable. >> >> >> Please advise. Thanks >> >> >> >> -- >> Adrian Klaver >> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >> <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Adrian Klaver >> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com <mailto:adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> >> >> >> > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.kla...@aklaver.com >
