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</para>
<para>
+ If doing <option>--check</> with a running old server of a pre-9.1 version,
+ and the old server is using a Unix-domain socket directory that is
+ different from the default built into the new <productname>PostgreSQL</>
+ installation, set <envar>PGHOST</> to point to the socket location of the
+ old server. (This is not relevant on Windows.)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
A Log-Shipping Standby Server (<xref linkend="warm-standby">) cannot
be upgraded because the server must allow writes. The simplest way
is to upgrade the primary and use rsync to rebuild the standbys.