Re: ERROR: xlog flush request not satisfied

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ed L(dot)" <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ERROR: xlog flush request not satisfied
Date: 2006-03-07 03:04:26
Message-ID: 12413.1141700666@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Ed L." <pgsql(at)bluepolka(dot)net> writes:
> I'm seeing the following error in 7.4.6. It first surfaced
> after remounting a SAN mount from one box to another and
> then running 'vacuum full':

> pg_dump: ERROR: xlog flush request 68/7D853080 is not satisfied --- flushed only to 0/15A90A8
> CONTEXT: writing block 34 of relation 17156/1470533

What this looks like to me is corrupt data in a page's LSN field (the
first 8 bytes of the page). The LSN is evidently far larger than it
should be. You might try dumping out the indicated page with
pg_filedump (or even just dd/od) to see if anything obvious jumps out.

regards, tom lane

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