**The old Postgres data directory is backed up** automatically, by renaming it to `/matrix/postgres-auto-upgrade-backup`.
**The old Postgres data directory is backed up** automatically, by renaming it to `/matrix/postgres/data-auto-upgrade-backup`.
To rename to a different path, pass some extra flags to the command above, like this: `--extra-vars="postgres_auto_upgrade_backup_data_path=/another/disk/matrix-postgres-before-upgrade"`
The auto-upgrade-backup directory stays around forever, until you **manually decide to delete it**.