Re: pgagent-pg16 could not start: Error 1053

Dear B. Liu

What you say makes sense to me that the file you are installing is
defective or incompatible. I suggest you look for another distribution and
reinstall it.
I hope it helps you and greetings

*Erik R. Serrano Saavedra*
*Ingeniero de Sistemas Informáticos*
* Data Base Administrator*

El vie, 10 nov 2023 a las 5:43, B Liu (<binliucam(at)gmail(dot)com>) escribió:

> Dear Erik,
> Many thanks for your help.
> Regarding the windows server 2019, it probably is a virtual machine. After
> I increased the low time value, there is no error code 1053 any more, but
> the pgagent service is on starting status forever. To test if the pgagent
> works, I installed the same pgagent on my laptop, it gave the same service
> starting status forever, but not into any running stage.
> I am pretty sure that the latest pgagent is not working for windows 10 or
> windows server 2019! I have one postgres-pg12 working on windows server
> 2012 though.
> Kind Regards
> Bin
>
> On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 2:14 PM B Liu <binliucam(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Erik,
>>
>> Many thanks for your email.
>>
>> The pgagent was installed on a brand new windows server 2019, it
>> shouldn't have any file corrupted files, and it was installed via the
>> pgagent installer, which I don't think there is any permission issue, the
>> local firewall has opened the postgresql port 5432 unless there is another
>> port need to be opened, when I installed the pgagent, I chose the port 5432
>> anyway.
>>
>> It narrows down to the low time value, I followed some advice and
>> increased it. When I started pgagent service, it states it is starting, but
>> doesn't go to the running stage, this time no error message, nothing in the
>> postgresql log file.
>>
>> I wonder if there is a working version of pgagent exist? This could
>> explain why there is no official pgagent downloadable file on the official
>> web site anymore!
>>
>> Could anybody from the admin team kindly give some update?
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Bin
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 1:06 PM Erik Serrano <eserranos(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear,
>>>
>>> The postgresql error indicates that common reasons for this error
>>> include:
>>>
>>> * Low timeout value
>>> * Firewall restrictions
>>> * Corrupt files
>>> * file permissions
>>>
>>> Check that out in the meantime, I hope it helps you.
>>> Greetings
>>>
>>>
>>> *Erik R. Serrano Saavedra*
>>> *Ingeniero de Sistemas Informáticos*
>>> * Data Base Administrator*
>>>
>>> * eserranos(at)gmail(dot)com <eserranos(at)gmail(dot)com>*
>>> * 998596691*
>>>
>>>
>>> El jue, 9 nov 2023 a las 9:51, B Liu (<binliucam(at)gmail(dot)com>) escribió:
>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> I finally downloaded pgagent from EDB installer, when I tried to start
>>>> pgagent-pg16 service for the first time, it couldn't start, the error
>>>> message saying: Windows could not start postgres-pg16 service on local
>>>> computer, error code 1053.
>>>>
>>>> Local server is windows server 2019. Could anybody from the admin team
>>>> advise on this?
>>>>
>>>> Kind Regards
>>>>
>>>> Bin
>>>>
>>>