Re: Postgresql error : PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record

On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 5:14 AM Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 11:29:45PM +0530, Pragati Agarwal wrote:
> >
> > > The following error "could not locate a valid checkpoint record"
> occurs on
> > > a datastore server running on postgreSQL 13.1.
> > > Datastore is hosted on windows 2016 and the system has McAfee virus
> scan
> > > installed.
> > > This error occurs when server start is attempted.
> > >
> > > [7804] LOG: starting PostgreSQL 13.1, compiled by Visual C++ build
> 1914, 64-bit
> > > [8812] LOG: invalid primary checkpoint record
> > > [8812] PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record
> > > [7804] LOG: startup process (PID 8812) was terminated by exception
> 0xC0000409
> > > [7804] HINT: See C include file "ntstatus.h" for a description of the
> hexadecimal value.
> > > [7804] LOG: aborting startup due to startup process failure
> > > [7804] LOG: database system is shut down
>
> Did you experience some hardware failure, or do the previous logs show any
> other problems?
>

Is this error generating a minidump? Please check the location
"C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\CrashDumps", where <USER> is the login
starting the DB.

Regards,

Juan José Santamaría Flecha