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Neil Conway
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Add a note suggesting that users should use the newer version of pg_dump
to perform upgrades, and cleanup some nearby text. Patch from Robert Treat, editorializing by Neil Conway.
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.47 2004/08/29 21:08:47 tgl Exp $
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$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml,v 2.48 2004/09/30 10:30:10 neilc Exp $
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<chapter id="backup">
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<title>Backup and Restore</title>
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storage formats. For example, releases 7.0.1, 7.1.2, and 7.2 are
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not compatible, whereas 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 are. When you update
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between compatible versions, you can simply replace the executables
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and reuse the data area on disk. Otherwise you need to
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<quote>back up</> your data and <quote>restore</> it on the new
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server, using <application>pg_dump</>. (There are checks in place
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that prevent you from doing the wrong thing, so no harm can be done
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by confusing these things.) The precise installation procedure is
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not the subject of this section; those details are in <xref
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linkend="installation">.
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and reuse the data area on disk. Otherwise you need to <quote>back
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up</> your data and <quote>restore</> it on the new server, using
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<application>pg_dump</>. There are checks in place that prevent you
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from using a data area with an incompatible version of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, so no harm can be done by
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confusing these things. It is recommended that you use the
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<application>pg_dump</> program from the newer version of
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<productname>PostgreSQL</> to take advantage of any enhancements in
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<application>pg_dump</> that may have been made. The precise
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installation procedure is not the subject of this section; those
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details are in <xref linkend="installation">.
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