Thread: PostgreSQL crashes on Windows 2003
Hi, The PostgreSQL of a customer database (running on Windows 2003) crashed and wrote the messages below in the logfile. According to the customer the drives are working OK, partitions are not full and nothing has changed in the permissions. The customer could restart the PostgreSQL service manually, without resorting to a backup. Could this be the result of not enough check_point segments? 2007-03-08 22:36:26 ERROR: could not read block 15894 of relation 1663/3227318/3227439: Permission denied 2007-03-08 22:36:26 STATEMENT: UPDATE deliver_cares SET org_personnel_id=$1, spent_time=$2, status=$3, when_registered=$4,actively_registered=$5 WHERE deliver_care_id=$6 2007-03-08 22:37:31 ERROR: could not write block 8 of relation 1663/3227318/4689678: Permission denied 2007-03-08 22:37:31 CONTEXT: writing block 8 of relation 1663/3227318/4689678 2007-03-08 22:38:57 FATAL: could not read from statistics collector pipe: No error 2007-03-08 22:38:57 FATAL: could not write to statistics collector pipe: No connection could be made because the targetmachine actively refused it. 2007-03-08 22:40:00 PANIC: could not write to log file 9, segment 219 at offset 15073280, length 24576: Permission denied 2007-03-08 22:40:00 STATEMENT: COMMIT This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. 2007-03-08 22:40:00 LOG: server process (PID 20508) was terminated by signal 3 2007-03-08 22:40:00 LOG: terminating any other active server processes 2007-03-08 22:40:00 WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process 2007-03-08 22:40:00 DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit,because another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. 2007-03-08 22:40:00 HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and repeat your command. 2007-03-08 22:40:00 WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process 2007-03-08 22:40:00 DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit,because another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. 2007-03-08 22:40:00 HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and repeat your command. 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: database system was interrupted at 2007-03-08 22:36:24 W. Europe Standard Time 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: could not read from log file 9, segment 219 at offset 14876672: Permission denied 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: invalid primary checkpoint record 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: could not read from log file 9, segment 219 at offset 14721024: Permission denied 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: invalid secondary checkpoint record 2007-03-08 22:40:01 PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: startup process (PID 20504) was terminated by signal 3 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure 2007-03-08 22:40:01 LOG: logger shutting down TIA -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 02:20:44PM +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > Hi, > > The PostgreSQL of a customer database (running on Windows 2003) crashed > and wrote the messages below in the logfile. According to the customer > the drives are working OK, partitions are not full and nothing has > changed in the permissions. The customer could restart the PostgreSQL > service manually, without resorting to a backup. What version of PostgreSQL is this? //Magnus
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 14:39 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > What version of PostgreSQL is this? > Oh, forgotten: 8.1.x with no upgrade option (company policy) -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 02:46:22PM +0100, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 14:39 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > What version of PostgreSQL is this? > > > Oh, forgotten: 8.1.x with no upgrade option (company policy) It looks to me that you may be a victim of the bug patched in http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-01/msg00214.php. Tom, whatever happened about a backpatch for that one? Something you think is going to happen? //Magnus
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes: > It looks to me that you may be a victim of the bug patched in > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-01/msg00214.php. > Tom, whatever happened about a backpatch for that one? It's applied. http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c regards, tom lane
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 10:13 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes: > > It looks to me that you may be a victim of the bug patched in > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-01/msg00214.php. > > Tom, whatever happened about a backpatch for that one? > > It's applied. > http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c Thanks, to which version of PostgreSQL is that patch applied? 8.1.7 and higher ? -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 10:13:48AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes: > > It looks to me that you may be a victim of the bug patched in > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-01/msg00214.php. > > Tom, whatever happened about a backpatch for that one? > > It's applied. > http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c Bah. I looked aruond but didn't find it. Clearly I'm blind. Thanks. So - if you're not on 8.1.7 or 8.1.8, upgrade to 8.1.8 and let us know if you still have the problem. //Magnus
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:37 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote: > On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 10:13:48AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes: > > > It looks to me that you may be a victim of the bug patched in > > > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-01/msg00214.php. > > > Tom, whatever happened about a backpatch for that one? > > > > It's applied. > > > http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c > > Bah. I looked aruond but didn't find it. Clearly I'm blind. Thanks. > > So - if you're not on 8.1.7 or 8.1.8, upgrade to 8.1.8 and let us know > if you still have the problem. I wrote 8.1.x but we are actually on 8.1.8 and the problem is there (I just checked because I am not the local system administrator). -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl
Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: >>>> It looks to me that you may be a victim of the bug patched in >>>> >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2007-01/msg00214.php. >>>> Tom, whatever happened about a backpatch for that one? >>> It's applied. >>> >> http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c >> >> Bah. I looked aruond but didn't find it. Clearly I'm blind. Thanks. >> >> So - if you're not on 8.1.7 or 8.1.8, upgrade to 8.1.8 and let us know >> if you still have the problem. > I wrote 8.1.x but we are actually on 8.1.8 and the problem is there (I > just checked because I am not the local system administrator). Just in case, I'd double-check that. Check the version information on postgres.exe (available through the right-click properties view in Explorer). It could be that the upgrade failed. If it's not then the next logical question is - any antivirus, antispyware or quota software running on that machine? //Magnus
Hi all, Thanks for looking into it. The problem is solved: on both machines there appeared to be a hung-up backup process that locked PostgreSQL. -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl
Joost Kraaijeveld wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for looking into it. The problem is solved: on both machines > there appeared to be a hung-up backup process that locked PostgreSQL. If that's a file-level backup, you'll want to exclude the PG directories (or stop the database while the backup occurs). -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd