On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Shree <shreerajkarulkar(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> Also pg_ctl command to stop, restart does not seem to have any effect.
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
I can't speak to what issued the shutdown command, but have you tried
"pg_ctl restart -m fast" to expedite the restart (if that is indeed what
you are after) ?