On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Moreno Andreo <moreno.andreo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi again, >> our support team is reporting cases where postgres connections are >> suddenly dropped, but reconnecting again soon everyting is OK. >> Environment is PostgreSQL 9.1 on Windows (various versions) >> Asfer some research, I found on postgresql log many of these messages >> could not reserve shared memory region (addr=02E80000) for child 0000094C: >> 487 >> Searching the archives I found a bug fixed with 9.3.x, since I had 9.1, I >> migrated to 9.5.6 (standard for new installations). After restarting, I got >> the exact same error and response behaviour. >> After another search, I stopped F-Secure Antivirus services, and everything >> is now going smoothly. So, with the help of a mate that knows how this >> antivirus work, we put exceptions to all PostgreSQL directories. >> After restarting, the error was back. Nothing in the AV log. Tomorrow we'll >> try with adding exclusions to port 5433.... >> >> Someone else facing this problem? >> >> Thanks >> Moreno.- > > > Shared memory doesn't come from a file on teh hard drive. You need an > exception for whatever postgres uses for shared memory in windows. I > don't know much about pgsql on windows, but that should get you > started. > > > Post back if you find anything that makes it work. > Oh and if you can report it to the antivirus vendor so they can fix it permanently on their end. pgsql is not a virus. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general