On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Ian Harding <harding.ian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Ian Harding <harding.ian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I had a 9.0.8 hot standby setup, one master, two slaves, working great. >> > Then, I tried to re-initialize by making a base backup, the way I've >> > done it >> > many times before, but for some reason I can't get the standby to accept >> > connections. I copied the postgresql.conf and recorvery.conf out of the >> > way, cleaned the data directory and extracted the backup files, then >> > replaced the conf files. Everything works perfectly, but I keep getting >> > :FATAL: the database system is starting up >> > >> > I know I'm an idiot and that I did something wrong but I can't find it. >> > >> > [root@db03 data]# grep standby postgresql.conf >> > wal_level = hot_standby # minimal, archive, or hot_standby >> > hot_standby = on # "on" allows queries during recovery >> > max_standby_archive_delay = -1 # max delay before canceling queries >> > max_standby_streaming_delay = -1 # max delay before canceling queries >> > >> > [root@db03 data]# grep standby recovery.conf >> > # Specifies whether to start the server as a standby. In streaming >> > replication, >> > standby_mode = 'on' >> > # Specifies a connection string which is used for the standby server to >> > connect >> > >> > [root@db03 data]# ps aux | grep stream >> > postgres 62127 0.1 0.0 34554356 3724 ? Ss 16:22 0:16 >> > postgres: >> > wal receiver process streaming BA7/12B87818 >> > >> > >> > [root@db03 data]# ps aux | grep startup >> > postgres 62122 0.5 0.9 34545900 1223708 ? Ss 16:22 1:03 >> > postgres: >> > startup process recovering 0000000100000BA700000012 >> > >> > Any suggestions appreciated!!! >> >> What's your log have to say? > > > It says everything is happy as normal... > > 2012-11-05 16:22:38.744 PST - :LOG: database system was shut down in > recovery at 2012-11-05 16:22:33 PST > 2012-11-05 16:22:38.745 PST - :LOG: entering standby mode > 2012-11-05 16:22:38.746 PST - :LOG: redo starts at BA5/F96F86A8 > 2012-11-05 16:22:38.762 PST - postgres :FATAL: the database system is > starting up > 2012-11-05 16:22:39.764 PST - postgres :FATAL: the database system is > starting up > 2012-11-05 16:22:40.766 PST - postgres :FATAL: the database system is > starting up > 2012-11-05 16:22:41.200 PST - :LOG: invalid record length at BA6/6DCBA48 > 2012-11-05 16:22:41.206 PST - :LOG: streaming replication successfully > connected to primary > > > This is after I stopped and restarted... after that just more failed > connection attempts. Are you sure that its not still recovering? In other words, when you look at the 'ps' output do the 'wal receiver process' and 'recovering' entries change? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
