# Pg\_dump backup failure for remote pgsql - port & version differentials; what options exist?

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**Created:** [November 2, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pg-dump-backup-failure-for-remote-pgsql-port-version-differentials-what-options-exist/132453 "2019-11-02T18:00:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pg-dump-backup-failure-for-remote-pgsql-port-version-differentials-what-options-exist/132453/3 "2019-11-02T23:09:04Z")

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Postgres 11 isn’t supported. You can look elsewhere for how to restore between versions, but it’ll be some work to get discourse to work with pg11.

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