Re: Databse installation problem

Thanks for your quick response.

I have copied this configuration file form my installed postgres 8.3.1

I am pasting this file for your reference .
By the way PGDATA is /var/lib/pgsql/data

Yes there is a log file file pgstartup.log
PGLOG=/var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log
its contains only ths startup and shutdown messages.

/etc/init.d/postgres file contents
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# PGVERSION is the full package version, e.g., 8.2.0
# Note: the specfile ordinarily updates this during install
#PGVERSION=8.3.1
PGVERSION=8.3.7
# PGMAJORVERSION is major version, e.g., 8.2 (this should match PG_VERSION)
PGMAJORVERSION=`echo "$PGVERSION" | sed 's/^\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*$/\1/'`

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Get function listing for cross-distribution logic.
TYPESET=`typeset -f|grep "declare"`

# Get config.
. /etc/sysconfig/network

# Find the name of the script
NAME=`basename $0`
if [ ${NAME:0:1} = "S" -o ${NAME:0:1} = "K" ]
then
NAME=${NAME:3}
fi

# For SELinux we need to use 'runuser' not 'su'
if [ -x /sbin/runuser ]
then
SU=runuser
else
SU=su
fi

# Set defaults for configuration variables
PGENGINE=/usr/bin
PGPORT=5432
PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql
if [ -f "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ] && [ -d "$PGDATA/base/template1" ]
then
echo "Using old-style directory structure"
else
PGDATA=/var/lib/pgsql/data
fi
PGLOG=/var/lib/pgsql/pgstartup.log

# Override defaults from /etc/sysconfig/pgsql if file is present
[ -f /etc/sysconfig/pgsql/${NAME} ] && . /etc/sysconfig/pgsql/${NAME}

export PGDATA
export PGPORT

# Check that networking is up.
# Pretty much need it for postmaster.
[ "${NETWORKING}" = "no" ] && exit 1

[ -f "$PGENGINE/postmaster" ] || exit 1

script_result=0

start(){
PSQL_START=$"Starting ${NAME} service: "

# Make sure startup-time log file is valid
if [ ! -e "$PGLOG" -a ! -h "$PGLOG" ]
then
touch "$PGLOG" || exit 1
chown postgres:postgres "$PGLOG"
chmod go-rwx "$PGLOG"
[ -x /usr/bin/chcon ] && /usr/bin/chcon -u system_u -r object_r -t
postgresql_log_t "$PGLOG" 2>/dev/null
fi

# Check for the PGDATA structure
if [ -f "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ] && [ -d "$PGDATA/base" ]
then
# Check version of existing PGDATA

if [ x`cat "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION"` != x"$PGMAJORVERSION" ]
then
SYSDOCDIR="(Your System's documentation directory)"
if [ -d "/usr/doc/postgresql-$PGVERSION" ]
then
SYSDOCDIR=/usr/doc
fi
if [ -d "/usr/share/doc/postgresql-$PGVERSION" ]
then
SYSDOCDIR=/usr/share/doc
fi
if [ -d "/usr/doc/packages/postgresql-$PGVERSION" ]
then
SYSDOCDIR=/usr/doc/packages
fi
if [ -d "/usr/share/doc/packages/postgresql-$PGVERSION" ]
then
SYSDOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/packages
fi
echo
echo $"An old version of the database format was found."
echo $"You need to upgrade the data format before using
PostgreSQL."
echo $"See $SYSDOCDIR/postgresql-$PGVERSION/README.rpm-dist for
more information."
exit 1
fi

# No existing PGDATA! Warn the user to initdb it.

else
echo
echo "$PGDATA is missing. Use \"service postgresql initdb\"
to initialize the cluster first."
echo_failure
echo
exit 1
fi

echo -n "$PSQL_START"
$SU -l postgres -c "$PGENGINE/postmaster -p '$PGPORT' -D '$PGDATA'
${PGOPTS} &" >> "$PGLOG" 2>&1 < /dev/null
sleep 2
pid=`pidof -s "$PGENGINE/postmaster"`
if [ $pid ] && [ -f "$PGDATA/postmaster.pid" ]
then
success "$PSQL_START"
touch /var/lock/subsys/${NAME}
head -n 1 "$PGDATA/postmaster.pid" >
"/var/run/postmaster.${PGPORT}.pid"
echo
else
failure "$PSQL_START"
echo
script_result=1
fi
}

stop(){
echo -n $"Stopping ${NAME} service: "
$SU -l postgres -c "$PGENGINE/pg_ctl stop -D '$PGDATA' -s -m fast" >
/dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null
ret=$?
if [ $ret -eq 0 ]
then
echo_success
else
echo_failure
script_result=1
fi
echo
rm -f "/var/run/postmaster.${PGPORT}.pid"
rm -f "/var/lock/subsys/${NAME}"
}

restart(){
stop
start
}

condrestart(){
[ -e /var/lock/subsys/${NAME} ] && restart
}

condstop(){
[ -e /var/lock/subsys/${NAME} ] && stop
}

reload(){
$SU -l postgres -c "$PGENGINE/pg_ctl reload -D '$PGDATA' -s" > /dev/null
2>&1 < /dev/null
}

initdb(){
if [ -f "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ]
then
echo "Data directory is not empty!"
echo_failure
script_result=1
else
echo -n $"Initializing database: "
if [ ! -e "$PGDATA" -a ! -h "$PGDATA" ]
then
mkdir -p "$PGDATA" || exit 1
chown postgres:postgres "$PGDATA"
chmod go-rwx "$PGDATA"
fi
# Clean up SELinux tagging for PGDATA
[ -x /sbin/restorecon ] && /sbin/restorecon "$PGDATA"
# Initialize the database
$SU -l postgres -c "$PGENGINE/initdb --pgdata='$PGDATA' --auth='ident
sameuser'" >> "$PGLOG" 2>&1 < /dev/null
# Create directory for postmaster log
mkdir "$PGDATA/pg_log"
chown postgres:postgres "$PGDATA/pg_log"
chmod go-rwx "$PGDATA/pg_log"

if [ -f "$PGDATA/PG_VERSION" ]
then
echo_success
else
echo_failure
script_result=1
fi
fi
}

# This script is slightly unusual in that the name of the daemon
(postmaster)
# is not the same as the name of the subsystem (postgresql)

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status postmaster
script_result=$?
;;
restart)
restart
;;
condrestart)
condrestart
;;
condstop)
condstop
;;
reload|force-reload)
reload
;;
initdb)
initdb
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0
{start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|condstop|reload|force-reload|initdb}"
exit 1
esac

exit $script_result

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On 9/21/09, Tim Bowden <tim(dot)bowden(at)westnet(dot)com(dot)au> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 13:54 +0530, Bhushan Verma wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am stopping the server as follows
> > /etc/init.d/postgres stop
> >
> > starting the new /etc/init.d/postgres
>
>
> Have you edited /etc/init.d/postgres to point prefix at /var/lib/pgsql
> (and updated any other settings that need to be changed for the new
> server; PGDATA maybe)? I suspect it is still starting the old
> installation in /usr/local/...
>
>
> >
> > my pg_log contains as follows logs
> >
> > LOG: database system was shut down at 2009-09-21 13:40:53 IST
> > LOG: autovacuum launcher started
> > LOG: database system is ready to accept connections
> >
> > >and are there any messages in /var/lib/pgsql/data/serverlog?
> > what do you mean by serverlog is this same as pg_log.
>
>
> serverlog is the default log file for postgresql and is in the data dir
> (by default, along with pg_hba.conf, pg_ident.conf, postgresql.conf and
> so on; see PGLOG in /etc/init.d/postgresql to find out what is happening
> with logs on your installation). Where did
> *your* /etc/init.d/postgresql file come from?
>
>
> >
> >
> > You seem to be using psql from 8.3.7 but running the
> > 8.3.1 server still.
> > How *exactly* are you stopping the old server and
> > starting the new one,
> > and are there any messages
> > in /var/lib/pgsql/data/serverlog?
> >
> > Tim Bowden
> >
> > BTW, please don't top post. It ruins the flow of the
> > conversation and
> > makes it very difficult to follow.
> >
>
>
>
>
> Tim Bowden
>
>
>
>

--
With Regards,
Bhushan