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

Could you please suggest the possible resolution.

Thanks,
Pragati

On Fri, 28 Jan 2022, 14:11 Pragati Agarwal, <pragatiagarwal121(at)gmail(dot)com>
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
>
>
> Thanks,
> Pragati
>