RE: [BUGS] Loosing files after backend crash

From: "Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev(at)SECTORBASE(dot)COM>
To: "'KS'" <ks(at)tcnet(dot)ru>, "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: RE: [BUGS] Loosing files after backend crash
Date: 2001-04-04 23:05:32
Message-ID: 8F4C99C66D04D4118F580090272A7A234D3376@sectorbase1.sectorbase.com
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> Well, bad news. After a few more tries to crash the backend, the whole
> postmaster crashed and didn't rise back.
> It fails to start up reporting "Apr 4 18:53:05 wale
> postgres[71618]: [9]
> FATAL 2: XLogWrite: write request is past end of log" to syslog.

Hmmm, the only XLogWrite startup process should be doing is
when writing final checkpoint after successful REDO.

> > Could you try to reproduce failure with wal_debug = 1 and
> > post me postmaster' log?
> I'll do it after I succeed in bringing the postmaster up.

Please try to startup with wal_debug = 1 and post us log.

Vadim

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