On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Lonni J Friedman <netll...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Ian Harding <harding....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I had a 9.0.8 hot standby setup, one master, two slaves, working great.
> > Then, I tried to re-initialize by making a base backup, the way I've
> done it
> > many times before, but for some reason I can't get the standby to accept
> > connections.  I copied the postgresql.conf and recorvery.conf out of the
> > way, cleaned the data directory and extracted the backup files, then
> > replaced the conf files.  Everything works perfectly, but I keep getting
> > :FATAL:  the database system is starting up
> >
> > I know I'm an idiot and that I did something wrong but I can't find it.
> >
> > [root@db03 data]# grep standby postgresql.conf
> > wal_level = hot_standby            # minimal, archive, or hot_standby
> > hot_standby = on        # "on" allows queries during recovery
> > max_standby_archive_delay = -1    # max delay before canceling queries
> > max_standby_streaming_delay = -1    # max delay before canceling queries
> >
> > [root@db03 data]# grep standby recovery.conf
> > # Specifies whether to start the server as a standby. In streaming
> > replication,
> > standby_mode          = 'on'
> > # Specifies a connection string which is used for the standby server to
> > connect
> >
> > [root@db03 data]# ps aux | grep stream
> > postgres 62127  0.1  0.0 34554356 3724 ?       Ss   16:22   0:16
> postgres:
> > wal receiver process   streaming BA7/12B87818
> >
> >
> > [root@db03 data]# ps aux | grep startup
> > postgres 62122  0.5  0.9 34545900 1223708 ?    Ss   16:22   1:03
> postgres:
> > startup process   recovering 0000000100000BA700000012
> >
> > Any suggestions appreciated!!!
>
> What's your log have to say?
>

It says everything is happy as normal...

2012-11-05 16:22:38.744 PST -  :LOG:  database system was shut down in
recovery at 2012-11-05 16:22:33 PST
2012-11-05 16:22:38.745 PST -  :LOG:  entering standby mode
2012-11-05 16:22:38.746 PST -  :LOG:  redo starts at BA5/F96F86A8
2012-11-05 16:22:38.762 PST - postgres :FATAL:  the database system is
starting up
2012-11-05 16:22:39.764 PST - postgres :FATAL:  the database system is
starting up
2012-11-05 16:22:40.766 PST - postgres :FATAL:  the database system is
starting up
2012-11-05 16:22:41.200 PST -  :LOG:  invalid record length at BA6/6DCBA48
2012-11-05 16:22:41.206 PST -  :LOG:  streaming replication successfully
connected to primary


This is after I stopped and restarted... after that just more failed
connection attempts.

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