, November 24, 2014 5:57 PM
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Postgresql Fails to Start After Datastore Failure
Wow that's a very unusual problem. PostgreSQL usually recovers from that kind
of thing easily. The only scenarios where I can picture this happening is if
-list@redhat.comSubject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Postgresql Fails to Start After Datastore Failure I had received the lock error message before so I did start by removing that file. It removed that error message but it was still saying Failed whenever I tried to start the service. Are there any com
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Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 11:32 AM
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Postgresql Fails to Start After Datastore Failure
I found the log file… looks like it is complaining that it cannot
: [Spacewalk-list] Postgresql Fails to Start After Datastore Failure
I had received the lock error message before so I did start by removing that
file. It removed that error message but it was still saying Failed whenever I
tried to start the service.
Are there any commands that I can use to
, November 21, 2014 8:05 PM
To: spacewalk-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] Postgresql Fails to Start After Datastore Failure
Hello Jon,
You can check in /var/lib/pgsql/data, check if you have a file named
postmaster.pid, if yes, you can remove (rm postmaster.pid) and restart or
Hello Jon,
You can check in /var/lib/pgsql/data, check if you have a file
named postmaster.pid, if yes, you can remove (rm postmaster.pid) and
restart or start the postgresql daemon.
[root@spacewalk ~]# service postgresql start
if you check, will be recreated the file
[root@spacewalk data]# ll
Hello-
Our spacewalk server failed badly the other day when the underlying
datastore went offline. The system boots but when spacewalk tries to start
up, the postgresql service fails to start. I have checked /var/log/messages
for any indication as to why, but there is nothing I can find. I'v
