Tom Lane wrote:
>
> That really should be impossible --- it says that a rename() failed for
> a file we just created.
>
> I judge from the spelling of the error message that you are running 7.1.
7.1.3
> However, given that you state a system reboot is necessary and
> sufficient to make the problem go away, I am going to stick my neck
> *way* out and suggest that:
>
> 1. You have the $PGDATA directory (or at least its pg_xlog subdirectory)
> mounted via NFS.
>
> 2. This is an NFS problem.
I am not running NFS on this system.