Re: URGENT: Out of disk space pg_xlog

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Jeremy Haile <jhaile(at)fastmail(dot)fm>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: URGENT: Out of disk space pg_xlog
Date: 2006-12-22 16:55:31
Message-ID: 1166806531.29099.6.camel@localhost.localdomain
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> 2006-12-22 10:50:09 LOG: database system was not properly shut down;
> automatic recovery in progress
> 2006-12-22 10:50:09 LOG: redo starts at 2E/8729A6E8
>
>
> This has been running for 20 minutes. What can I do? Please help!

1. Turn off postgresql.
2. Make tar backup of entire thing
3. Move pg_xlog somehwere that has space
4. ln postgresql to new pg_xlog directory
5. Start postgresql
6. Look for errors
7. Report back

Sincerely.

Joshua D. Drake

>
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