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.
Regards, Itishree On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Amit Langote <amitlangot...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:53 PM, itishree sukla > <itishree.su...@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 >
