Re: Two Postgres master process are showing - one is on and off

Thank you Adrian.

Is the on/off on a regular interval?
> My guess is a script(cron possibly) is trying to start the server.
>
> Yes, It is regular interval.
No Con-jobs scheduled on server or even remotely.

>
> > We did not find any references in logs.
>
> The information:
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql11 start
> Starting PostgreSQL: ok
> aklaver(at)ranger:~> -2019-08-20 13:40:30.097 PDT-0FATAL: lock file
> "postmaster.pid" already exists
> -2019-08-20 13:40:30.097 PDT-0HINT: Is another postmaster (PID 1694)
> running in data directory "/usr/local/pgsql11/data"?
>
> Is sent to the starting process and does not make it to the server log
> as the server is not started(the 'Starting PostgreSQL' notwithstanding).
>
> I have verified startup.log and regular postgresql logs also, i did not
found above messages.

Thanks,
Chiru