Re: Trouble Getting Database Server Started

Magnus,

Thanks for the advice. I checked the Windows Event Logs and did not see
anything there meaningful. The pg_log had only one interesting msg
"incomplete startup packet" in one of the logs a couple days before Computer
A had powered down. I don't know what this log msg means but I assume it is
not the cause. But I'm neither a database expert or a Windows expert so I
could be wrong.

Thanks,
Dirk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
To: "Dirk Kalp" <dkalp(at)sensormgmt(dot)com>; <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 3:23 PM
Subject: RE: [ADMIN] Trouble Getting Database Server Started

> I see from the Postgres archives that one can simply take a
> copy of the installed PostgreSQL directory folder and move it
> in place of the PostsgreSQL folder on a working system. I
> took another computer (Computer B) and ran the same
> installation script and tested to verify I could connect with
> psql. Window's Task Manager showed
> 6 postgres processes: postmaster.exe, pg_ctl.exe, and 4
> postgres.exe. (Not sure what the 4 postgres.exe are for.)

That's normal. It's one logger, one bgwriter and two stats processes.

> I don't know what caused Computer A to power down. It is in a
> lab and someone may have inadvertently cut the power. Would
> that corrupt the database to the point where I can't connect
> to it or its startup mechanism be disrupted? I don't know
> what role those 4 postgres.exe processes fill - are they part
> of standard postgres startup? Secondly, I don't know why
> sliding in the archived PostgreSQL folder on Computer B did not work.

It normally sholdn't. You'll need to look into your logs to see wha
thave happened. Both the files in pg_log and in the system eventlog.

//Magnus