[Spacewalk-list] Postgresql Fails to Start After Datastore Failure

[Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro]

Hello Jon,

You can check in /var/lib/pgsql/data, check if you have a file
named postmaster.pid, if yes, you can remove (rm postmaster.pid) and
restart or start the postgresql daemon.

[root at spacewalk ~]# service postgresql start

if you check, will be recreated the file

[root at spacewalk data]# ll postmaster.pid
-rw-------. 1 postgres postgres 45 Nov 21 23:03 postmaster.pid
[root at spacewalk data]#

The problem normally is, if your db are running and for any reason you lost
the connection with the directory, the file will still there and when you
try to restart, the file will not be rewrite and the daemon will not start.

Try it and tell me if fix your problem.

Take Care and have a great weekend.



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On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Glennie, Jonathan - 0443 - MITLL <
jrglenni at ll.mit.edu> wrote:

> Hello-
>
>
>
> Our spacewalk server failed badly the other day when the underlying
> datastore went offline.  The system boots but when spacewalk tries to start
> up, the postgresql service fails to start.  I have checked
> /var/log/messages for any indication as to why, but there is nothing I can
> find.  I’ve also checked in /var/lib/pqsql/pgstatrtup.log but the entries
> in there seem old and not relevant to the current situation.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know where or how I might go about starting the service in
> some kind of debug mode to try and get a better idea of what’s going on, or
> if there are logs that get saved somewhere that I haven’t found yet?  I’m
> definitely not very well versed in postgrest DB maintenance or
> troubleshooting, so any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in
> advance.
>
>
>
> -Jon
>
>
>
>
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