On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 11:26 AM, Martin Moore <martin.mo...@avbrief.com> wrote:
> It was running – not sure how dd handles this. Maybe badly… ☺ > it doesn't handle it at all. This would be the cause of your issue. --Scott > > > *From: *Michael Nolan <htf...@gmail.com> > *Date: *Monday, 23 October 2017 at 15:52 > *To: *Martin Moore <martin.mo...@avbrief.com> > *Cc: *rob stone <floripa...@gmail.com>, "pgsql-general@postgresql.org" < > pgsql-general@postgresql.org> > *Subject: *Re: [GENERAL] Postgres 9.6 fails to start on VMWare > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:14 AM, Martin Moore <martin.mo...@avbrief.com> > wrote: > > Same server. I tried a few times. > > I didn’t move the db separately, but did a ‘dd’ to copy the disk to an > imagefile which was converted and loaded into VMWare. > > I ‘believed’ that this should keep the low level disk structure the same, > but if this has corrupted the files I can drop, dump and restore, in which > case how do I ‘drop’ the DB without postgres running? > > Ta, > > Martin. > > > > Was the server you were backing up shut down or in backup mode when you > did the 'dd' copy? > > -- > > Mike Nolan > -- -- Scott Mead Sr. Architect *OpenSCG <http://openscg.com>* http://openscg.com
