Re: General: Unable to start the postgresql after copying postgresql.log

Hi neela,

In this case, you can delete the postmaster.pid file and try to restart the
Postgresql database.

I hope it might start. Kindly acknowledge for further queries if any.

Regards,
Pavan,
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 7:26 PM neela <neelat100(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
> Dear sir/mam,
> I'm using postgresql 9.4.6 version.
> I've copied the postgresql.log as postgresql.log_bk.
> While copying the postgresql.log, I've restarted the postgresql
> process.
> Then the process got failed and I've got the following error,
>
> psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running locally and accepting
> connections on Unix domain socket "*/tmp/*.s.PGSQL.5432"?
>
> And then I've check with log, it gives the result as follow,
> FATAL: pre-existing shared memory block is still in use
> HINT: If you're sure there are no old server processes still running,
> remove the shared memory block or just delete the file
> "postmaster.pid".
>
> After that unable to restart the postgresql, it always fails.
> After rebooting it gets succeed and truncating postmaster.pid gets
> succeed.
> Kindly help me how to fix this.
>
> --
> with regards,
> Neelaveni
>