Re: running two servers on one machine

On Saturday 28 March 2009 3:27:15 pm Eric Smith wrote:
> All,
>
> I'm trying to run two database clusters on a single machine, and am
> failing.  I use initdb to create the two clusters... each has their
> own directory structure.  I can start one server or the other with
> pg_ctl, but once the first starts, the second just hangs on "waiting
> for server to start...".

Are you pointing pg_ctl at the right DATA directory for each cluster using
the -D switch?

>
> The two servers are using different ports.  I'm running v 8.3 on a
> Mac  running 10.5.
>
> What's the secret step I'm missing here?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric



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