Re: Database recovery. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Raymond O'Donnell
Subject Re: Database recovery.
Date
Msg-id 4D8B2D6D.3020503@iol.ie
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In response to Re: Database recovery.  (Waqar Azeem <waqarazeem.private@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On 24/03/2011 11:31, Waqar Azeem wrote:
> I copy the whole folder'Data'  to another PC where freshpostgresql8.4
> is installed (same as default config. that previous version have
> had)
>
> when i started the server got following ...
>
> The postgresql-8.4 - PostgreSQL Server 8.4 service could not be
> started.
> The service did not report an error.
> More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534.
> The start command returned an error (2)
> Press<return>  to continue...

Have a look in the Postgres log - there's often (usually?) information
there that doesn't get sent to the Windows event log.

It's probably in $PGDATA/pg_log, unless you changed something in the
logging configuration.

Ray.


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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
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