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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition
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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition

by Simon Riggs, Gianni Ciolli
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
576 pages
30h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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How to do it...

The following general steps should be followed, allowing at least a month for the complete process to ensure that everything is tested and everybody understands the implications:

  1. Set up a new release of the software on a new test system.
  2. Take a standalone backup from the main system and copy it to the test system.
  3. Test the applications extensively against the new release on the test system.

When everything works and performs correctly, then do the following:

  1. Set up a connection pooler to the main database (it may be there already).
  2. Set up pglogical for all tables from old to new database servers. Make sure you wait until all the initial copy tasks have completed for all tables.

Retest the application extensively against ...

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