[Pgpool-general] pgpool-II upgrade questions

[Tatsuo Ishii]

> Our production server is running PostgreSQL v8.2.3 with pgpool-II v2.0.1 on
> CentOS release 5.2 (Final). We're planning to upgrade to the latest stable
> version of pgpool-II, that is, v2.3.3
> 
> We've installed pgpool-II tool from the source (./configure, make and make
> install).
> 
> My questions are:
> 1. What would be the recommended upgrade path, whether to completely
> uninstall the old version and then install the latest version or just
> overwrite the old version with the new one?

make uninstall should do the job. Overwriting old version is harmless
as well.

> 2. In case if I would like to uninstall the old version, how do I uninstall
> this which was installed from the source?  Steps and any documentation links
> to the same are appreciated.

make uninstall

> 3. Can pgpoolAdmin v1.0.0 be used with this latest pgpool-II v2.3.3?  Or
> should I upgrade pgpoolAdmin also?

I recommend to upgrade pgpoolAdmin too. If you use pgpoolAdmin 1.0
with pgpool-II 2.3.3, you cannot see/edit some of configuration
parameters. You can manualy edit pgpool.conf though.

> Experts advice/suggestion/recommendations are highly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Gnanam
> 
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