Re: PG Dump on 11 - Restore on 16 - is possible?

Kashif Zeeshan <kashi.zeeshan@gmail.com>

From: Kashif Zeeshan <kashi.zeeshan@gmail.com>
To: Durumdara <durumdara@gmail.com>
Cc: Postgres General <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-08-13T09:53:13Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Hi

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 2:47 PM Durumdara <durumdara@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> We have to upgrade our server. The PG upgrade is impossible because of too
> much data.
> So we will create a new server with PG 16, and we have to migrate the
> databases one by one (from a PG 11 server).
>
> Is it possible?
>
> Does PG16 read PG11 dumps and restore them correctly on the PG16 server?
>
PG provides backward compatibility so you can restore PG11 backup to PG16.

>
> Or is it unsupported now?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Best regards
> dd
>