Re: File System backup

On 06/21/2013 10:37 AM, itishree sukla wrote:
> No, as its only one postgresql is running with default installation,
> server got restatared with out shuting down postgresql service properly.
> Then i tied to start server using ./init.d command, which didn't help me
> either. Then i created pstmaster.pid, that also doesn't help me much.

So what messages did you see at the console when you ran the /init.d script?

> Regards,
> Itishree
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com
> <mailto:amitlangote09@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:53 PM, itishree sukla
>     <itishree.sukla@gmail.com <mailto:itishree.sukla@gmail.com>> wrote:
>      > Hi all,
>      >
>      > Can any one give me more suggestion, about this problem. Every
>     time my os
>      > got restart, postmaster.pid is missing. After that createing
>     postmaster.pid
>      > is also not helping to start the server.  I am using postgresql
>     9.2 in
>      > ubuntu, with default installation. Is there any possibility i can
>     take the
>      > Data directory backup, and install postgresql server, then
>     restore Data
>      > directory. Will it work to get back my databases.
>
>     Can you tell what command you use to start the server and when you
>     issue it? Is that after OS restarts?) Did you, by any chance, use
>     "restart" whereas you should have used "start" assuming you are using
>     pg_ctl for the same?
>
>     Issuing "restart" requires that you should already have server running
>     (and that means postmaster.pid should be there in data directory).
>
>     --
>     Amit Langote
>
>


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