Re: File System backup

yes, when i tried to start, postgresql service using init.d its gave me the
error removed stale pid, postgresql failed to start.

Regards,
Itishree

On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)ymail(dot)com> wrote:

> Alban Hertroys <haramrae(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > itishree sukla <itishree(dot)sukla(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> >> Can any one give me more suggestion, about this problem. Every
> >> time my os got restart, postmaster.pid is missing.
>
> The pid file should only be present when postgres is running. A
> clean OS shutdown should stop postgres, which should result in the
> pid file being deleted.
>
> > Did you perhaps use reboot instead of shutdown -r? The former
> > doesn't do a clean shutdown. That's how it is on *BSD at least, I
> > don't know about Linux but I assume it behaves the same.
>
> No, `reboot` actually calls `shutdown -r now` in the distros I've
> used, including Ubuntu; unless you run it with the --force option.
>
> > Check the logs to see if there are any errors when postgres tries
> > to start up. It could be something as simple as a library version
> > mismatch, or it could be data corruption in the database files.
>
> Right, checking the log files is the thing to do. Adding or
> deleting a pid file is just about never the right thing to do.
>
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