Help with database recovery ...

Started by Iztok Stotlalmost 15 years ago4 messagesgeneral
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#1Iztok Stotl
iztok.stotl@guest.arnes.si

My database crashed and server won't start ...

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LOG: database system was interrupted while in recovery at 2011-05-01
19:31:37 CEST
HINT: This probably means that some data is corrupted and you will have
to use the last backup for recovery.
LOG: checkpoint record is at 2/D41C1350
LOG: redo record is at 2/D41C1350; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown
FALSE
LOG: next transaction ID: 752151177; next OID: 50716
LOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0
LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
progress
LOG: redo starts at 2/D41C1394
PANIC: could not access status of transaction 752150401
DETAIL: could not read from file "pg_clog/02CD" at offset 73728:
Success
LOG: startup process (PID 3504) was terminated by signal 6
LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
LOG: logger shutting down
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What can I do ?

[root@pg_log]# postgres --version
postgres (PostgreSQL) 8.1.18

OS is Centos.

Any hint ?

#2Craig Ringer
craig@2ndquadrant.com
In reply to: Iztok Stotl (#1)
Re: Help with database recovery ...

On 02/05/11 03:32, Iztok Stotl wrote:

My database crashed and server won't start ...

------------------------------------------------------
LOG: database system was interrupted while in recovery at 2011-05-01
19:31:37 CEST
HINT: This probably means that some data is corrupted and you will have
to use the last backup for recovery.
LOG: checkpoint record is at 2/D41C1350
LOG: redo record is at 2/D41C1350; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown
FALSE
LOG: next transaction ID: 752151177; next OID: 50716
LOG: next MultiXactId: 1; next MultiXactOffset: 0
LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in
progress
LOG: redo starts at 2/D41C1394
PANIC: could not access status of transaction 752150401
DETAIL: could not read from file "pg_clog/02CD" at offset 73728:
Success
LOG: startup process (PID 3504) was terminated by signal 6
LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
LOG: logger shutting down
---------------------------------------------------------------
What can I do ?

This shouldn't happen unless something broke badly on your system. Check
your disks and file systems.

Before trying to fix anything, make a complete copy of the entire
postgresql directory, the one that contains the 'pg_xlog', 'pg_clog'
folders etc. Store that copy on a removable hard drive or some other
media that's not connected to the system you're recovering.

This message is very weird: "could not read from file "pg_clog/02CD" at
offset 73728: Success". What does 'ls -l pg_clog/' say?

--
Craig Ringer

#3Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Craig Ringer (#2)
Re: Help with database recovery ...

Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au> writes:

This message is very weird: "could not read from file "pg_clog/02CD" at
offset 73728: Success".

Probably indicates an attempted read from beyond EOF. The main
relation-access code paths have been fixed to give a more intelligible
error message about that case, but it doesn't look like slru.c has been.

regards, tom lane

#4Iztok Stotl
iztok.stotl@guest.arnes.si
In reply to: Tom Lane (#3)
Re: Help with database recovery ...

On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 01:14 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:

Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au> writes:

This message is very weird: "could not read from file "pg_clog/02CD" at
offset 73728: Success".

Probably indicates an attempted read from beyond EOF. The main
relation-access code paths have been fixed to give a more intelligible
error message about that case, but it doesn't look like slru.c has been.

I gave up. I formated the disc ;)

Next time ... backup more often ...

Thank you guys for your answers.

Iztok