You'll need to specify the non-default port explicitly in your pg_dump command in order to back up the postmaster running on 55432.
E.g., pg_dump -p 55432 -U postgres -C -D -f /tmp/$(date+%F)owl.sql owl
By default, the postgres command-line utilities attempt to connect to 5432 (or $PGPORT or whatever is configured as the default port).
In the meantime, you're still backing up the 7.3.4 postmaster with that script.
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Yesterday a consultant upgraded me from 7.3.4 to 8.1.4 on a RedHat 9 server. To make sure everything was okay we left the server so that both versions of Postgresql load. 7.3.4 loads on the default port of 5432 and 8.1.4 loads on port 55432 . My database was moved into the new version so both the old and new databases have the same name.
I have a little .sh file that runs a tape backup using pg_dump and I am wondering if both versions are running how do I know which version of the pg_dump is running and which version of the database is being backed up?
The backup command I use is
pg_dump -U postgres -C -D -f /tmp/$(date+%F)owl.sql owl
then I use tar to copy the file to tape.
Please answer to me as well as the list, I am on digest.
Thanks,
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