Re: it refuses to go down...

Hi Tom,

> Have you looked into the postmaster log to see
> *why* it's not shutting down?

I did tail on the log and got...

[2008-03-24 14:31:39.331 PDT] < 11148 2008-02-26 18:15:00 PST >LOG: received smart shutdown request
[2008-03-24 14:31:39.331 PDT] < 29578 2008-03-24 06:38:33 PDT >LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down
[2008-03-24 14:32:58.740 PDT] < 11148 2008-02-26 18:15:00 PST >LOG: received fast shutdown request
[2008-03-24 14:46:03.123 PDT] <postgres 8619 127.0.0.1 2008-03-24 14:46:03 PDT /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres>FATAL: the database system is shutting down
[2008-03-24 15:52:43.520 PDT] <michaelstevens 11367 [local] 2008-03-24 15:52:43 PDT /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres>FATAL: the database system is shutting down
[2008-03-24 15:52:43.563 PDT] <michaelstevens 11368 [local] 2008-03-24 15:52:43 PDT /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres>FATAL: the database system is shutting down

I am about to try:
pg_ctl stop -m immediate

Regards,

Tena Sakai

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Mon 3/24/2008 3:11 PM
To: Tena Sakai
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] it refuses to go down...

"Tena Sakai" <tsakai(at)gallo(dot)ucsf(dot)edu> writes:
> $ pg_ctl stop -m fast
> waiting for server to shut down............................................................... failed
> pg_ctl: server does not shut down

Have you looked into the postmaster log to see *why* it's not shutting
down?

> Can I kill the process 11148 and do as I planned accordingly?

It's not exactly recommended when you don't know what the problem is.

Killing only the postmaster and not its child processes is especially
not recommended --- there are some defenses in place against that,
but nothing that can't be broken by a sufficiently determined DBA.

regards, tom lane