Hi all: I am testing warm standby databases. I start standby database ############################################## 2007-09-25 12:21:45 ARTLOG: database system was interrupted at 2007-09-25 12:16:22 ART 2007-09-25 12:21:45 ARTLOG: starting archive recovery 2007-09-25 12:21:45 ARTLOG: restore_command = "/usr/local/pgsql-8.2.4/bin/pg_standby -d -t /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion %f %p" Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history WAL file path : 00000001.history Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYHISTORY Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYHISTORY" Num archived files kept : all files running restore :cp: no se puede efectuar `stat' sobre <</var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history>>: No existe el fichero o el directorio cp: no se puede efectuar `stat' sobre <</var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history>>: No existe el fichero o el directorio cp: no se puede efectuar `stat' sobre <</var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history>>: No existe el fichero o el directorio not restored : history file not found Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009D.00000068.backup WAL file path : 00000001000000180000009D.00000068.backup Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYHISTORY Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009D.00000068.backup" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYHISTORY" Num archived files kept : all files running restore : success 2007-09-25 12:22:00 ARTLOG: restored log file "00000001000000180000009D.00000068.backup" from archive Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009D WAL file path : 00000001000000180000009D Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009D" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG" Num archived files kept : all files running restore : success 2007-09-25 12:22:00 ARTLOG: restored log file "00000001000000180000009D" from archive 2007-09-25 12:22:00 ARTLOG: checkpoint record is at 18/9D000068 2007-09-25 12:22:00 ARTLOG: redo record is at 18/9D000068; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE 2007-09-25 12:22:00 ARTLOG: next transaction ID: 0/37198; next OID: 3638273 2007-09-25 12:22:00 ARTLOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0 2007-09-25 12:22:00 ARTLOG: automatic recovery in progress 2007-09-25 12:22:01 ARTLOG: redo starts at 18/9D0000B0 Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009E WAL file path : 00000001000000180000009E Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009E" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG" Num archived files kept : all files WAL file not present yet. Checking for trigger file... WAL file not present yet. Checking for trigger file... WAL file not present yet. Checking for trigger file... WAL file not present yet. Checking for trigger file... WAL file not present yet. Checking for trigger file... . . . running restore : success 2007-09-25 12:28:51 ARTLOG: restored log file "0000000100000018000000A5" from archive Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/0000000100000018000000A6 WAL file path : 0000000100000018000000A6 Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/0000000100000018000000A6" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG" Num archived files kept : all files . ############################################## Then shutdown standby ############################################## WAL file not present yet. Checking for trigger file...2007-09-25 12:31:47 ARTLOG: received fast shutdown request 2007-09-25 12:31:47 ARTFATAL: could not restore file "0000000100000018000000A6" from archive: return code 15 2007-09-25 12:31:47 ARTLOG: startup process (PID 29654) exited with exit code 1 2007-09-25 12:31:47 ARTLOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure 2007-09-25 12:31:47 ARTLOG: logger shutting down ############################################## And start standby again ############################################## 2007-09-25 12:32:01 ARTLOG: database system was interrupted while in recovery at log time 2007-09-25 12:16:21 ART 2007-09-25 12:32:01 ARTHINT: If this has occurred more than once some data may be corrupted and you may need to choose an earlier recovery target. 2007-09-25 12:32:01 ARTLOG: starting archive recovery 2007-09-25 12:32:01 ARTLOG: restore_command = "/usr/local/pgsql-8.2.4/bin/pg_standby -d -t /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion %f %p" Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history WAL file path : 00000001.history Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYHISTORY Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYHISTORY" Num archived files kept : all files running restore :cp: no se puede efectuar `stat' sobre <</var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history>>: No existe el fichero o el directorio cp: no se puede efectuar `stat' sobre <</var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history>>: No existe el fichero o el directorio cp: no se puede efectuar `stat' sobre <</var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001.history>>: No existe el fichero o el directorio not restored : history file not found Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009D WAL file path : 00000001000000180000009D Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009D" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG" Num archived files kept : all files running restore : success 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: restored log file "00000001000000180000009D" from archive 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: checkpoint record is at 18/9D000068 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: redo record is at 18/9D000068; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: next transaction ID: 0/37198; next OID: 3638273 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: automatic recovery in progress 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: redo starts at 18/9D0000B0 Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009E WAL file path : 00000001000000180000009E Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009E" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG" Num archived files kept : all files running restore : success 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: restored log file "00000001000000180000009E" from archive Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009F WAL file path : 00000001000000180000009F Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/00000001000000180000009F" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG" Num archived files kept : all files running restore : success 2007-09-25 12:32:17 ARTLOG: restored log file "00000001000000180000009F" from archive Trigger file : /var/lib/postgres/procuracion/standby.trigger Waiting for WAL file : /var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/0000000100000018000000A0 WAL file path : 0000000100000018000000A0 Restoring to... : pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG Sleep interval : 5 seconds Max wait interval : 0 forever Command for restore : cp "/var/lib/postgres/archive/procuracion/0000000100000018000000A0" "pg_xlog/RECOVERYXLOG" Num archived files kept : all files running restore : success 2007-09-25 12:32:18 ARTLOG: restored log file "0000000100000018000000A0" from archive ############################################## Why did not start appliyng the last WAL? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq