From: Ray Stell <stellr@cns.vt.edu>
To: Isabella Ghiurea <isabella.ghiurea@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Upgrade 8.3.6 issues
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:22:50 -0500
Message-ID: <20090218162250.GB7812@cns.vt.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <499C32D5.2060003@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
References: <499C32D5.2060003@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca>
btw, no dump is required to flip from 8.3x to 8.3x, but
testing is a good thing.
check the postmaster.pid
[postgresql@swallowtail alerts_oamp]$ cat postmaster.pid
2545
/var/database/pgsql/alerts_oamp
5478001 0
alerts_oamp]$ ps -ef | grep 2545
500 2545 1 0 Jan11 ? 00:00:29 /usr/local/pgsql833/bin/postgres -D /var/database/pgsql/alerts_oamp
500 2546 2545 0 Jan11 ? 00:00:00 postgres: logger process
500 2548 2545 0 Jan11 ? 00:00:00 postgres: writer process
500 2549 2545 0 Jan11 ? 00:00:00 postgres: wal writer process
500 2550 2545 0 Jan11 ? 00:00:00 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
500 2551 2545 0 Jan11 ? 00:00:02 postgres: stats collector process
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 08:09:57AM -0800, Isabella Ghiurea wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I'm testing for the first time a PG upgrade process, presently running
> 8.3.4 and try to upgrade to 8.3.6. I have installed 8.3.6 in separate dir
> - run pg_dumpall using the new PG 8.3.6 version
> - shutdown the server
> - create a new db cluster with 8.3.6 initdb
> -copy pg_gba.conf and postgres.conf to 8.3.6 PG location
> -Now I can't start the db server using the pg 8.3.6 version ., I'm using
> same port # default . Here is my message:
> > pg_ctl status
> > pg_ctl: no server running
> >0:bin$ pg_ctl start
> server starting
> postgres@cvodb0:bin$ 2009-02-18 08:00:59 PST::@:[16713]:LOG: could not
> bind IPv6 socket: Address already in use
> 2009-02-18 08:00:59 PST::@:[16713]:HINT: Is another postmaster already
> running on port 5432? If not, wait a few seconds and retry.
> 2009-02-18 08:00:59 PST::@:[16713]:LOG: could not bind IPv4 socket:
> Address already in use
> 2009-02-18 08:00:59 PST::@:[16713]:HINT: Is another postmaster already
> running on port 5432? If not, wait a few seconds and retry.
> 2009-02-18 08:00:59 PST::@:[16713]:FATAL: could not create any TCP/IP
> sockets
> pg_ctl status
> pg_ctl: no server running
>
> What do I miss ?
>
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