On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Ian Harding <harding.ian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> 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? > > > Yeah, it's still recovering. In normal operation it keeps right on > recovering, it's just that it used to accept read-only connections... Is the 2nd slave also experiencing this problem? If not, is it further ahead than the bad one? -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general