Re: PostgreSQL Service Unable to Start After Archive Log delete

Hi,

Backups are available only for 10-Sep-2026 at 02:00 AM IST. Please let us
know if any alternative solution is available.

The issue occurred on 10-Sep-2026 at 11:00 AM IST.

The OS team proceeded with the changes without prior discussion or approval.

Thanks.

Regards,
Loganathan P

On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
wrote:

> On Thu, 2026-09-10 at 18:28 +0530, loganathan P wrote:
> > Unfortunately, the OS housekeeping activity has been performed, and all
> archive
> > log files has been deleted from both the archive log and pg_wal
> locations.
> > We attempted to start the service, but it is unable to start due to the
> error
> > shown below. Please provide the solution.
> >
> > starting PostgreSQL 15.18 on x86_64-pc-linux-gun, compiled by gcc (GCC)
> 8.5.0 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-28), 64-bit
> > listening on IPv4 address "192.168.56.15", port 5423
> > listening on Unix socket "var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5423"
> > listening on Unix socket "/tmp/ .s.PGSQL.5423"
> > database system was shut down in recovery at 2026-09-10 11:10:40 IST
> > invalid primary checkpoint record
> > PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record
> > startup process (PID 1031317) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted
> > terminating any other active sever processes
> > shutting down due to startup process failure
> > database system is shut down
>
> What you performed was not "the OS housekeeping activity", but the
> "destroy the
> database activity". To use an analogy, I wouldn't consider making a hole
> in
> the roof a housekeeping activity.
>
> This is the time to restore your backup.
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
>