On 02/17/2016 09:07 AM, proj@free.fr wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I installed a postgresql database on Redhat 7.1 and I decided to move the database on an ISCSI device (LUN) inside a
logicalvolume, mounted at starting of the machine (xfs formatted). The mounting point is /var/lib/pgsql
>
> At the boot of the server, postgresql.service is in failed status.
>
> In messages.log :
> systemd: mounting /var/lib/pgsql
> starting PostgreSQL database server
> kernel sdv: unknown partition table
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] attached SCSI disk
> xfs (dm-4): Mounting V4 Filesystem
> postgresql-check-db-dir: "/var/lib/pgsql/data" is missing or empty
> postgresql.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
> Failed to start PostgreSQL database server.
>
>
> When I'm logged on the server, if it try to start manually the database : systemctl start postgresql --> OK (and I
don'tlose any data, database is available)
>
> I think it's a problem of order in the boot process : network service must be started, then iscsi, then lvm etc... So
Itried to force dependencies on the /usr/lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service adding "After=lvm-pgscan.service
iscsi.service"etc... but the result is the same : failure in starting postgresql
>
>
>
> systemd: Starting Remote File Systems (Pre)
> systemd: Reached Remote File Systems (Pre)
> systemd: mounting /var/lib/pgsql
^ File system not mounted yet.
> systemd: starting PostgreSQL database server
> kernel sdb: unknown partition table
> postgresql-check-db-dir: "/var/lib/pgsql/data" is missing or empty
^ Cannot find mount point
> kernel: xfs (dm-4): Mounting V4 Filesystem
> postgresql.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1
> Failed to start PostgreSQL database server.
> Unit postgresql.service entered failed state
> sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] attached SCSI disk
> starting LVM2 PV scan on device 8:16
> kernel: xfs (dm-3): Ending clean mount
> systemd: Mounted /var/lib/pgsql
^ Now file system is mounted.
> Starting Remote File Systems
> Reached target Remote File Systems
>
> Any ideas ?
Find where file system mounting is completed and start Postgres after
that. I am still figuring out systemd, so I can not offer anything more
concrete.
>
> regards,
> Magique
>
>
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Adrian Klaver
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