Minor Upgrade Question

So when I first started working with PostgreSQL I was using the latest
version (11.2). I don't want to move to 12 yet but I would like to get my
11.2 up to 11.8. Due to my servers not being connected to the Internet I
ended up downloading the libraries and building the files locally. My
question is how do I upgrade to 11.8? I know how to go and get the rpms
now and download those to a disconnected server and then install PostgreSQL
that way. I was able to install 11.8 on another server using the rpms.
But my directories are different. The rpm install placed the files into
the directory /data/pgsql-11. My 11.2 database is in /data/pgsql. I
checked the rpm file and it says that the files are not relocatable. So I
can do a new install of 11.8 via the rpms and it will place the files into
/data/pgsql-11, can just need to copy the executable files in the
/data/pgsql-11/bin directory into my /data/pgsql/bin or are there other
files that need to be copied over? Is there a better way to do this rather
than reinstalling postgreSQL again on a server that already has it?

Thanks,
Susan

On 6/17/2020 11:19 AM, Joshua Drake wrote:

Susan

You can use -Uvh to upgrade the rpms on the existing machine. You can
then use symlinks to link the expected pgsql data directories. Make
sure you take a backup, and stop the service before you proceed.

JD

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 7:12 AM Susan Joseph <sandajoseph@verizon.net
<mailto:sandajoseph@verizon.net>> wrote:

So when I first started working with PostgreSQL I was using the
latest version (11.2).   I don't want to move to 12 yet but I
would like to get my 11.2 up to 11.8.  Due to my servers not being
connected to the Internet I ended up downloading the libraries and
building the files locally.  My question is how do I upgrade to
11.8?  I know how to go and get the rpms now and download those to
a disconnected server and then install PostgreSQL that way.  I was
able to install 11.8 on another server using the rpms.  But my
directories are different.  The rpm install placed the files into
the directory /data/pgsql-11.  My 11.2 database is in
/data/pgsql.  I checked the rpm file and it says that the files
are not relocatable.  So I can do a new install of 11.8 via the
rpms and it will place the files into /data/pgsql-11, can just
need to copy the executable files in the /data/pgsql-11/bin
directory into my /data/pgsql/bin or are there other files that
need to be copied over?  Is there a better way to do this rather
than reinstalling postgreSQL again on a server that already has it?

Thanks,
  Susan