Every time I stop the main_old cluster with sudo pg_ctlcluster stop 14
main_old, both are stopped. And when I raise sudo pg_ctlcluster start 14
main, both are raised.

I don't know how I got into this situation and I don't know how to resolve
it.


El jue, 30 nov 2023 a las 17:34, Loles (<lole...@gmail.com>) escribió:

> Indeed, that is the problem, they are two different clusters, pointing to
> the same data directory and reading from the same port.
>
> I can't change the port because it is the same postgresql.conf
>
> I don't know how to disassociate the main_old cluster from the data
> directory or how to resolve this situation.
>
> El jue, 30 nov 2023 a las 16:32, Adrian Klaver (<adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>)
> escribió:
>
>> On 11/30/23 07:23, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> > On 11/30/23 05:37, Loles wrote:
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >> I have this situation on a server that is giving me problems.
>> >>
>> >> postgres@hostname:~$ pg_lsclusters
>> >> Ver Cluster  Port Status Owner    Data directory              Log file
>> >> 14  main     5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/14/main
>> >> /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-14-main.log
>> >> 14  main_old 5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/14/main
>> >> /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-14-main_old.log
>> >>
>> >> How can I stop, even delete, the main_old cluster?
>> >
>> > Assuming you are on  Debian/Ubuntu.
>> >
>> > 1) sudo pg_ctlcluster stop 14 main_old
>> >
>> >      This will stop the server for this session
>> >
>> > 2) sudo vi  /etc/postgresql/14/main_old/start.conf
>> >
>> >      Change auto to manual.
>> >      This will keep the server from restarting on reboot.
>> >      You can still start it using
>> >       sudo pg_ctlcluster start 14 main_old
>> >      Though if you want to do that then:
>> >          vi /etc/postgresql/14/main_old/postgresql.conf
>> >       and change port to something other then 5432.
>> >
>> > 3) If you have determined you really don't need that server and have
>> all
>> > the data safely backed up or moved to the other server, then(THIS IS
>> NOT
>> > REVERSIBLE):
>> >
>> >      sudo pg_dropcluster 14 main_old
>>
>> Blaming it on not enough coffee, but I just noticed both clusters are
>> pointing at the same data directory. I would NOT do:
>>
>>      sudo pg_dropcluster 14 main_old
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Adrian Klaver
>> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com
>>
>>

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