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>Is this error the client reporting?
2018-11-02 20:30:46 EDT [20405]: [4-1] user=,db= LOG: server process (PID 30438) was terminated by signal 9: Killed
2018-11-02 20:30:46 EDT [20405]: [5-1] user=,db= DETAIL: Failed process was running: COPY public.docfile (docfile_pkey, docfileoriginalname, ordernumber, versionnum, docfilecontents, docfilepath, d$
2018-11-02 20:30:46 EDT [20405]: [6-1] user=,db= LOG: terminating any other active server processes
2018-11-02 20:30:46 EDT [20415]: [10-1] user=,db= WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process
2018-11-02 20:30:46 EDT [20415]: [11-1] user=,db= DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because another server process exited abnor$
>So where is the server located relative to the pg_dump client?
>On the same machine?
>If so is it a virtual machine e.g AWS?
>Across a local or remote network?
I gave the command in a terminal session after SSHing to the server from the same network. It is not a virtual machine.
Lsaurenz said:
>You probably have a corrupted database.
>You should get that fixed first, then you can upgrade.
>Maybe you should hire a professional for that.
I suspect this is is correct, both that there is corruption in the table and that I need a professional to help. If someone here is available, I'm interested.
Andreas said:
>which exact minor version please?
PostgreSQL 9.6.10 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-23), 64-bit