X-Original-To: pgsql-admin-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A755B9FB2C8 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:58:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 54395-05 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:58:19 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D731E9FB200 for ; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:58:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8LFwFa0001348; Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:58:16 -0400 (EDT) To: "Mr. Dan" cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: psql: FATAL: the database system is starting up In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to "Mr. Dan" message dated "Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:45:06 -0400" Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:58:15 -0400 Message-ID: <1347.1158854295@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200609/228 X-Sequence-Number: 23142 "Mr. Dan" writes: > We had to kill postmaster, and it's been ugly. The last backup finished > successfully not last night, but the night before. This is 161 GB database. > How long should I expect this to take before it starts. Not longer than the time since the last checkpoint. What does pg_controldata show? Is the recovery process actually doing any work? regards, tom lane