Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VimYT-0008VB-3t for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:45:29 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VimYS-0002Af-Gq for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:45:28 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VimYR-0002AG-Jj for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:45:27 +0000 Received: from hub.ringways.co.uk ([88.211.105.30] helo=mail.ringways.co.uk) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VimYO-0001Ee-Mt for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:45:27 +0000 Received: from eddie.ringways.co.uk ([10.1.1.115]) by mail.ringways.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VimYN-0007lx-I2 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:45:24 +0000 From: Gary Stainburn Organization: Ringways Garages Ltd To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Postgresql not accessible, recovering Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:45:23 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <201311191108.18620.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk> <201311191439.59390.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <201311191439.59390.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201311191445.23399.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org Yesterday's log file contains: FATAL: the database system is starting up LOG: database system shutdown was interrupted; last known up at 2013-11-11 05:48:07 GMT LOG: database system was not properly shut down; automatic recovery in progress LOG: redo starts at C/FD360978 FATAL: the database system is starting up FATAL: the database system is starting up FATAL: the database system is starting up [snip] FATAL: the database system is starting up FATAL: the database system is starting up FATAL: the database system is starting up LOG: received smart shutdown request LOG: shutting down LOG: database system is shut down So it looks like it's been going for some time. Sunday's log file is full of LOG: could not write temporary statistics file "pg_stat_tmp/pgstat.tmp": No space left on device So I'm guessing that was the original cause. Presumably, it'll just take as long as it takes :-( -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin