Re: Upgrade postgresql from 9.1 to 9.6

I'd grep for all processes owned by postgres, since the pg_upgrade processes 
probably spawn children.

On 07/23/2018 12:14 PM, Sohel Tamboli wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to upgrade my postgresql database from version 9.1 to 9.6 
> using pg_upgrade utility.
> I have started this activity with 6 threads and running with no issues but 
> I can see only 2 active threads of pg_upgrade  when checked on OS using 
> "ps -ef| grep pg_upgrade" which might slow down my upgrade process.
> Is there any limit of adding jobs in "-j" parameter in pg_upgrade utility?
> Or is there any settings that I need to configure in postgresql.conf file?
>
> Below are the configuration of my server:
> OS : Amazon Linux
> RAM: 64GB
> CPU: 16
> DB size : 5 TB
> Upgrade utility : pg_upgrade
> Jobs: 6
> Issue : only 2 threads of pg_upgrade are active
>
> Appreciate your help!!
>
> Thanks,
> Sohel

-- 
Angular momentum makes the world go 'round.