Hi, On 2013-11-10 20:07:41 +0530, Nagaraj Shindagi wrote: > This is nagaraj, while i am doing the maintenance of the database i am > facing this problem, after this error it will stop and i am not able to > take backup of the database. What do you mean with "it will stop"? You should still be able to communicate with the database, right? > "ERROR: could not read block 984505 in file "base/16393/2850139.7": read > only 4096 of 8192 bytes" Hm. A couple of questions: * which operating system * which file system (cifs? veritas?) * Could you do a "ls -l base/16393/2850139.*" in the server's datadir (SHOW data_directory;) and send the output? Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin