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From: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: Jeremy Haile <jhaile@fastmail.fm>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: URGENT: Out of disk space pg_xlog
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:55:31 -0800
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In-Reply-To: <1166803606.2828.281701761@webmail.messagingengine.com>
References: <1166803606.2828.281701761@webmail.messagingengine.com>


> 2006-12-22 10:50:09 LOG:  database system was not properly shut down;
> automatic recovery in progress
> 2006-12-22 10:50:09 LOG:  redo starts at 2E/8729A6E8
> 
> 
> This has been running for 20 minutes.  What can I do?  Please help!

1. Turn off postgresql.
2. Make tar backup of entire thing
3. Move pg_xlog somehwere that has space
4. ln postgresql to new pg_xlog directory
5. Start postgresql
6. Look for errors
7. Report back

Sincerely.

Joshua D. Drake

> 
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