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* Go to a command prompt in the VPOP3 directory | * Go to a command prompt in the VPOP3 directory | ||
* Backup the database to a file, eg ' | * Backup the database to a file, eg ' | ||
+ | * Make sure there were no errors reported during the backup! | ||
* Remove the old database using **pgsql\bin\dropdb -U postgres -p 5433 vpop3** | * Remove the old database using **pgsql\bin\dropdb -U postgres -p 5433 vpop3** | ||
* Restore the database backup using, eg: **pgsql\bin\pg_restore -v -j 4 -U postgres -p 5433 -C -d postgres database.dmp** | * Restore the database backup using, eg: **pgsql\bin\pg_restore -v -j 4 -U postgres -p 5433 -C -d postgres database.dmp** |