While running some programs overnight to populate the database, it crashed. I now can not start the database server. I have a backup of the database, but to restore I will need to connect... any help is much appreciated. Here is the log from the crash (looks like I ran out of disk space? there is over 200gb free space...) : 2008-01-04 00:56:34 ERROR: could not extend relation 1663/42463/47343: Permission denied 2008-01-04 00:56:34 HINT: Check free disk space. 2008-01-04 00:56:34 STATEMENT: INSERT INTO mdm.archive_data (utctime,value,variableid,grid_id,initial_time) values (TIMESTAMP '2003-09-23 07:45:00',33.000000,6,17997,5954) 2008-01-04 00:56:34 ERROR: could not read block 59762 of relation 1663/42463/47343: Permission denied 2008-01-04 00:56:34 STATEMENT: INSERT INTO mdm.archive_data (utctime,value,variableid,grid_id,initial_time) values (TIMESTAMP '2003-09-23 07:45:00',33.000000,7,17997,5954) 2008-01-04 00:56:34 ERROR: could not extend relation 1663/42463/47343: Permission denied 2008-01-04 00:56:34 HINT: Check free disk space. 2008-01-04 00:56:34 STATEMENT: INSERT INTO mdm.archive_data (utctime,value,variableid,grid_id,initial_time) values (TIMESTAMP '2003-09-23 07:45:00',-0.340699,8,17997,5954) 2008-01-04 00:56:34 ERROR: could not read block 59762 of relation 1663/42463/47343: Permission denied 2008-01-04 00:56:34 STATEMENT: INSERT INTO mdm.archive_data (utctime,value,assist,rotation,variableid,grid_id,initial_time) values (TIMESTAMP '2003-09-23 07:45:00',0.46,158,158,3,17999,5954) 2008-01-04 00:56:34 ERROR: could not extend relation 1663/42463/47343: Permission denied 2008-01-04 00:56:34 HINT: Check free disk space. 2008-01-04 00:56:34 STATEMENT: INSERT INTO mdm.archive_data (utctime,value,rotation,variableid,grid_id,initial_time) values (TIMESTAMP '2003-09-23 07:45:00',158,158,4,17999,5954) 2008-01-04 00:56:36 ERROR: failed to re-find parent key in "Uvalue2" for split pages 148155/148160 2008-01-04 00:56:36 STATEMENT: INSERT INTO mdm.archive_data (utctime,value,assist,rotation,variableid,grid_id,initial_time) values (TIMESTAMP '2003-09-23 07:45:00',0.02,309,309,3,18083,5954) ... ... ... This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: server process (PID 3468) exited with exit code 3 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: terminating any other active server processes 2008-01-04 00:57:36 WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process 2008-01-04 00:57:36 DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and repeat your command. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process 2008-01-04 00:57:36 DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and repeat your command. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process 2008-01-04 00:57:36 DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and repeat your command. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process 2008-01-04 00:57:36 DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and repeat your command. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 WARNING: terminating connection because of crash of another server process 2008-01-04 00:57:36 DETAIL: The postmaster has commanded this server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared memory. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the database and repeat your command. 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: all server processes terminated; reinitializing 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: database system was interrupted at 2008-01-04 00:56:43 Eastern Standard Time 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: checkpoint record is at 8/C2F23AC8 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: redo record is at 8/C2EFD818; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: next transaction ID: 0/29414907; next OID: 55512 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0 2008-01-04 00:57:36 LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress 2008-01-04 00:57:37 LOG: redo starts at 8/C2EFD818 2008-01-04 00:57:37 LOG: could not read from log file 8, segment 195, offset 0: Permission denied 2008-01-04 00:57:37 LOG: redo done at 8/C2FFFFA0 2008-01-04 00:57:38 FATAL: failed to re-find parent key in "47340" for split pages 148155/148160 2008-01-04 00:57:38 LOG: startup process (PID 5452) exited with exit code 1 2008-01-04 00:57:38 LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure 2008-01-04 00:57:38 LOG: logger shutting down Here is the log file if I try to start the database server: 2008-01-04 10:48:48 LOG: database system was interrupted while in recovery at 2008-01-04 00:57:36 Eastern Standard Time 2008-01-04 10:48:48 HINT: This probably means that some data is corrupted and you will have to use the last backup for recovery. 2008-01-04 10:48:48 LOG: checkpoint record is at 8/C2F23AC8 2008-01-04 10:48:48 LOG: redo record is at 8/C2EFD818; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown FALSE 2008-01-04 10:48:48 LOG: next transaction ID: 0/29414907; next OID: 55512 2008-01-04 10:48:48 LOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0 2008-01-04 10:48:48 LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress 2008-01-04 10:48:48 LOG: redo starts at 8/C2EFD818 2008-01-04 10:48:49 LOG: record with zero length at 8/C3BBE410 2008-01-04 10:48:49 LOG: redo done at 8/C3BBE3E0 2008-01-04 10:48:49 FATAL: failed to re-find parent key in "47340" for split pages 148155/148160 2008-01-04 10:48:49 LOG: startup process (PID 4864) exited with exit code 1 2008-01-04 10:48:49 LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure 2008-01-04 10:48:49 LOG: logger shutting down -- Kyle Wilcox NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office 410 Severn Avenue Suite 107A Annapolis, MD 21403 office: (410) 295-3151 Kyle.Wilcox@xxxxxxxx "It is from the wellspring of our despair and the places that we are broken that we come to repair the world." - Murray Waas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings