On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:57 PM, Lonni J Friedman <netll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Ian Harding <harding....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > Are you sure that its not still recovering? In other words, when you > look at the 'ps' output do the 'wal receiver process' and 'recovering' > entries change? > Yeah, it's still recovering. In normal operation it keeps right on recovering, it's just that it used to accept read-only connections...
