Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D91737BA5A for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:59:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12087-08 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:59:32 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4891C37BFFA for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:59:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: from commandprompt.com (CPE001b63afe888-CM001adea9c5a6.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.236.211.160]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m8TJ39vW029417 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:03:12 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:59:27 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PID file Message-ID: <20080929185926.GL27800@commandprompt.com> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org References: <002201c9225a$f1a4cc00$d4ee6400$@alanis@blocknetworks.com.mx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <002201c9225a$f1a4cc00$d4ee6400$@alanis@blocknetworks.com.mx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:03:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200809/344 X-Sequence-Number: 30437 On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:43:54PM -0500, Ing. Jorge S Alanís Garza wrote: > shutting down cleanly. Is there a way to recover the non-working postgres > instance? Is this a very corruption-prone environment? It's sure corruption-prone if you delete the pidfile. If your iSCSI system keeps dropping out on you, then you need to fix that. Otherwise, things are going to break in a way you'll be unhappy with later. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@commandprompt.com +1 503 667 4564 x104 http://www.commandprompt.com/