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Subject: Re: postgres not starting
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Azimuddin Mohammed <azimeiu@gmail.com>
Cc: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@lists.simkin.ca>, pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 20:00:31 +0100
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Azimuddin Mohammed wrote:
> > > > > I am unable to start postgres on one of the server
> > > > > I am getting below error "HINT: is another postmaster already running on port 5432, if not wait a few seconds and retry"
> > > > > I checked the processes nothing is running with postgres
> > 
> > To find the process that is blocking the port, you can run the following:
> > 
> > lsof -i TCP:5432
>
> I do not see anything running 

Then the problem is something else.

Try to start PostgreSQL directly as OS user "postgres" with

  postgres

(This requires that the environment variable PGDATA is set to the data directory.)

Then post all the messages you see.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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