From 3b5907d83d47b7c948f22d0f2bcbd6ba79a43fc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Slavi Pantaleev Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:01:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update FAQ with details about /matrix/postgres/data-auto-upgrade-backup --- docs/faq.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index b4cdac647..6f5123bf7 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -355,3 +355,9 @@ You can later restore these roughly like this: - start services (see [Starting the services](installing.md#starting-the-services)) If your server's IP address has changed, you may need to [set up DNS](configuring-dns.md) again. + +### What is this `/matrix/postgres/data-auto-upgrade-backup` directory that is taking up so much space? + +When you [perform a major Postgres upgrade](maintenance-postgres.md#upgrading-postgresql), we save the the old data files in `/matrix/postgres/data-auto-upgrade-backup`, just so you could easily restore them should something have gone wrong. + +After verifying that everything still works after the Postgres upgrade, you can safely delete `/matrix/postgres/data-auto-upgrade-backup`