DPA - How to determine postgresql version

Summary: This KB covers how to get the postgresql version that is installed on the DPA Data Store (DS) server.

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Instructions

Check the postgresql version, do the following, depending on the type of server DPA is installed on.

Log in to the DPA DS server.

If this is a Windows server, log in as admin and then open a command prompt.

Move to the <DPA Install Directory>\dpa\services\bin and run the following command:

dpa ds query "SELECT version();"

 

If this is a Linux server, log in as root, and move to the /<DPA Install Directory>/dpc/services/bin and run the following command:

./dpa.sh ds query "SELECT version();"

Either way the output should look like the following:

EMC Data Protection Advisor

                                                 version                        
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 PostgreSQL 13.13 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-55), 64-bit
(1 row)

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Article Properties
Article Number: 000009559
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 05 Sep 2025
Version:  4
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