Re: PANIC: right sibling 2019 of block 2018 is not next child of 1937 in index "sl_log_2_idx1"

From: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff Amiel <becauseimjeff(at)yahoo(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PANIC: right sibling 2019 of block 2018 is not next child of 1937 in index "sl_log_2_idx1"
Date: 2009-12-31 01:08:30
Message-ID: 4B3BF98E.4030703@2ndquadrant.com
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John R Pierce wrote:
> It appears you have at least one corrupt block. Where there's one,
> there's often more.
>
> I think i'd do a reindex all. and Imight even do a pg_dumpall,
> re-initdb, and restore said dumpall to be safeest. to be really
> safe, stop pg, and take a file system backup first, incase more
> serious problems show up during the reindex or dump process

I would add a basic check of the system hardware to that list. In
particular, I'm always suspicious of memory errors when seeing strange
PANIC messages. A quick check for SMART errors on the hard drives would
be in order too.

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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.com

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