Re: file system level backup

Questions:

1) Both servers are x64?

> yes

2) What installation files(Graphical installer, source,etc)?

> postgresql-9.3.0-1-windows-x64 from enterprisedb.com

3) Does the data directory have the config files?

> yes

    however, postgresql b won't start ("not listening")?

4) How are you starting?

> pgadmin -> start server

5) What is the exact error message and where are you seeing it?

> "server not listening on port 5432" in cmd ('netstat -ab | find "5432"' also returns empty)

    so i restored postgresql b's old /data/, but it still won't start?!

6) So there was an existing Postgres instance at b?

> yes. two installations - a and b.

7) What version was it?

> both are 9.3.0-1 from the same installation file (above).

fyi, pg_bouncer process was running even after the server shutdown when i did the copy (since size is not an issue, i could copy the entire /postgresql/?).