Thread: Postgres Start up Error
Dear all, Today I by mistake deleted all the contents of pg_log & pg_xlog directory and my Postgresql refuses to start due to the below error :- 2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: database system was interrupted; last known up at 2011-04-18 10:06:42 IST 2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: could not open file "pg_xlog/000000010000000600000007" (log file 6, segment 7): No such file or directory 2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: invalid primary checkpoint record 2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: could not open file "pg_xlog/0000000100000005000000C9" (log file 5, segment 201): No such file or directory 2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: invalid secondary checkpoint record 2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTPANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record 2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: startup process (PID 11021) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted 2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure I try to reinstall with the same previous data directory, but it fails again. Any suggestions to solve it without losing the previous data. Thanks & best Regards, Adarsh Sharma
Thanks Chetan,
The problem is solved by the below command :- :-)
[postgres@ws-test 8.4SS]$ bin/pg_resetxlog -f /hdd-1/PostgresPlus/8.4SS/data
Best Regards,
Adarsh Sharma
Chetan Suttraway wrote:
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Adarsh Sharma <adarsh.sharma@orkash.com> wrote:Dear all,
Today I by mistake deleted all the contents of pg_log & pg_xlog directory and my Postgresql refuses to start due to the below error :-
2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: database system was interrupted; last known up at 2011-04-18 10:06:42 IST
2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: could not open file "pg_xlog/000000010000000600000007" (log file 6, segment 7): No such file or directory
2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: invalid primary checkpoint record
2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: could not open file "pg_xlog/0000000100000005000000C9" (log file 5, segment 201): No such file or directory
2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: invalid secondary checkpoint record
2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTPANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record
2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: startup process (PID 11021) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted
2011-04-18 10:51:39 ISTLOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
I try to reinstall with the same previous data directory, but it fails again.
Any suggestions to solve it without losing the previous data.
Thanks & best Regards,
Adarsh Sharma
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A quick search on message archives pointed to below link:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2000-10/msg00000.php
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2002-04/msg00013.php
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2009-03/msg00118.php
Maybe someone here can point the exact steps to be followed.
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Chetan Suttraway
EnterpriseDB, The Enterprise PostgreSQL company.
On 04/18/2011 04:01 PM, Adarsh Sharma wrote: > > Thanks Chetan, > > The problem is solved by the below command :-:-) > > [postgres@ws-test 8.4SS]$ bin/pg_resetxlog -f /hdd-1/PostgresPlus/8.4SS/data It's a really good idea to pg_dump, initdb, and restore after doing that. You don't know your database is in a good state. -- Craig Ringer