Re: Tom Lane 2017-11-10 <8027.1510347112@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The recovery succeeds, but when I go to start the cluster on the > > standby, it begins to replay the WAL, and does so for about 30 > > seconds. Then I get a line in my log saying: > > >> pg_ctl: server did not start in time Hi Adam, how did you start the server? Via pg_ctlcluster, the init system, or directly via pg_ctl? > > Followed by: > >> 2017-11-10 20:27:35.907 UTC [7132] LOG: received smart shutdown request > >> ERROR [063]: : terminated on signal [SIGTERM] > > ... pg_ctl itself wouldn't decide to forcibly shut down the server > if the timeout expired. It merely stops waiting and tells you so. > It seems like this must represent misdesign of whatever start script > you're using. I think you need to complain to the Debian packagers > about that. pg_ctlcluster doesn't shut down if startup fails, but to be sure, we'd need to see the full log of whatever initiated the startup. If you are using systemd, what does `systemctl status postgresql@10-main` report? If that doesn't have anything, also check journalctl. Christoph -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general