Re: my postgres is dead. need help!

On 7/27/07, Tena Sakai <tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> My postgres (v 7.1.4, I think) did not come up upon reboot.
> I have tried to use startup script called postgresql in
> /etc/rc.d/init.d directory, but it reports FATAL when I
> try to stop postmaster.
>
> The most recent log file in /pgsql/data/pg_log reads:
>
> LOG: database system was interrupted while in recovery at 2007-07-27
> 08:30:34 PDT
> HINT: This probably means that some data is corrupted and you will have
> to use the last backup for recovery.
> LOG: checkpoint record is at 1F8/DB354F24
> LOG: redo record is at 1F8/D6060064; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown
> FALSE
> LOG: next transaction ID: 700570822; next OID: 2763554
> LOG: next MultiXactId: 3; next MultiXactOffset: 6
> LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
> progress
> LOG: redo starts at 1F8/D6060064
> FATAL: the database system is starting up
>
> I am totally lost what I need to do.
> Help and ssistance highly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tena Sakai
> tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu
>
The database has gone into recovery mode, and is trying to clean itself up.
Just let it alone and monitor the logs. If all goes well, it will tell you
the recovery completed and it is online.

Chris

P.S.

You are in desperate need of upgrading to a newer version of Postgres.