Re: Issue upgrading from 9.5 to 13 with pg_upgrade: "connection to database failed: FATAL: database "template1" does not exist"

On 11/13/20 8:19 AM, Jeremy Wilson wrote:
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> 
>> On Nov 13, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
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>> When you manually run the pg_upgrade pg_ctl script the server starts but you cannot connect to any database in it
correct?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> What does pg_upgrade_server.log show when you do above?
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> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>    pg_upgrade run on Fri Nov 13 10:11:45 2020
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> 

> 
> command: "/usr/pgsql-13/bin/pg_ctl" -w -l "pg_upgrade_server.log" -D "/var/lib/pgsql/13/data" -o "-p 5432 -b -c
synchronous_commit=off-c fsync=off -c full_page_writes=off -c vacuum_defer_cleanup_age=0  -c listen_addresses='' -c
unix_socket_permissions=0700-c unix_socket_directories='/var/run/postgresql'" start >> "pg_upgrade_server.log" 2>&1
 
> waiting for server to start....2020-11-13 10:12:15.902 EST [204782] LOG:  redirecting log output to logging collector
process
> 2020-11-13 10:12:15.902 EST [204782] HINT:  Future log output will appear in directory "log".
>   done
> server started

What shows up in the log file in "log" directory when you try to connect 
to a database?

> 
> 
> command: "/usr/pgsql-13/bin/pg_ctl" -w -D "/var/lib/pgsql/13/data" -o "" -m fast stop >> "pg_upgrade_server.log"
2>&1
> waiting for server to shut down.... done
> server stopped
> 


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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com