Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: BUG #15769: The database cluster intialisation failed.

I'm not sure why the initdb fails on your system. Could you manually try
running "C:\PostgreSQL\bin\initdb.exe -D %TEMP%\data" and check if it
successful?

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:12 AM Nick Anderson <
nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Sandeep,
>
>
>
> I tried installing PostgreSQL 11.3, but I get the same error. Attached is
> the bitrock installer log. Please advise.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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> *From:* Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
> *Sent:* Friday, May 17, 2019 7:55 PM
> *To:* Nick Anderson <nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com>
> *Cc:* GOLLET Nicolas <ng(at)ng(dot)pe>; Tomas Vondra <
> tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>; pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: RE: Re: Re: BUG #15769: The database cluster
> intialisation failed.
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> There is an update available to the Windows installer. There has been a
> fix around that. Could you try the latest available installer and let us
> know? Also, share the bitrock installer log if it fails again.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 7, 2019 at 8:56 PM Nick Anderson <
> nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I’m still waiting for a reply. We continue to get the database cluster
> initialization failed error. Please advise.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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> *From:* Nick Anderson
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 30, 2019 9:50 AM
> *To:* GOLLET Nicolas <ng(at)ng(dot)pe>
> *Cc:* Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>; Tomas Vondra <
> tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>; pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
> *Subject:* RE: [EXTERNAL] RE: Re: Re: BUG #15769: The database cluster
> intialisation failed.
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>
> Hi Nicolas,
>
>
>
> What is the small program from GitHub supposed to do? When I run it as an
> administrator on the VM it flashes a command prompt window then nothing
> happens.
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> Thanks,
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> *From:* GOLLET Nicolas <ng(at)ng(dot)pe>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 23, 2019 10:50 AM
> *To:* Nick Anderson <nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com>
> *Cc:* Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>; Tomas Vondra <
> tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>; pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] RE: Re: Re: BUG #15769: The database cluster
> intialisation failed.
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>
> Your server is a virtual machine? If yes, which hypervisor is used....
> maybe xen server 6.5?
>
>
>
> Your problem reminds me a problem with poorly exposed CPU instructions....
>
>
>
> For example, under Citrix XenServer 6.5, the CPU exposes the AVX2 flag
> without exposing the XSAVE and OSXSAVE flags, so that the "Advanced Vector
> Extensions" support is partial. This partial support is not detected by the
> Visual Studio Runtime, causing the application to crash when using these
> instructions. Here during installation, it is the "postgres.exe" process
> that crashes...
>
> For Xen 6.5, service pack 1 fixes this problem....
>
>
>
> It is easy to detect on the system that all flags are correctly exposed,
> to perform this control, we can run this small program available on my
> GitHub: (https://github.com/ng-pe/Check_AVX_VS2013_BUG/releases
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> Maybe you have a problem here similar to the one I mentioned here
> http://blog.ng.pe/postgresql-9-4-et-9-5-sous-windows/
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> (in French)
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> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Nicolas GOLLET,
>
>
>
> ---- Le ven., 19 avr. 2019 18:48:29 +0200 *Nick Anderson
> <nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com <nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com>>* écrit
> ----
>
>
>
> I tried running the installer from an admin command prompt with
> "--enable_acledit 1" but I still get the “database cluster intialisation
> failed” error. See details below from the new bitrock-installer.log file.
>
>
>
>
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale "English_United
> States.1252".
>
> The default text search configuration will be set to "english".
>
>
>
> Data page checksums are disabled.
>
>
>
> fixing permissions on existing directory C:/PostgreSQL9.6data ... ok
>
> creating subdirectories ... ok
>
> selecting default max_connections ... 10
>
> selecting default shared_buffers ... 400kB
>
> selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... windows
>
> creating configuration files ... ok
>
> running bootstrap script ... initdb: could not execute command
> ""C:/PostgreSQL9.6/bin/postgres.exe" --boot -x1 -F ": No error
>
> initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/PostgreSQL9.6data"
>
>
>
> Called Die(Failed to initialise the database cluster with initdb)...
>
> Failed to initialise the database cluster with initdb
>
>
>
> Script stderr:
>
> Program ended with an error exit code
>
>
>
> Error running cscript //NoLogo
> "C:\PostgreSQL9.6/installer/server/initcluster.vbs" "NT
> AUTHORITY\NetworkService" "postgres" "****" "C:\PostgreSQL9.6"
> "C:\PostgreSQL9.6data" 5432 "DEFAULT" 1: Program ended with an error exit
> code
>
>
>
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> Thanks,
>
>
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> *From:* Sandeep Thakkar <sandeep(dot)thakkar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
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> *Sent:* Friday, April 19, 2019 7:46 AM
>
> *To:* Nick Anderson <nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com>
>
> *Cc:* Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>;
> pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
>
> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: Re: BUG #15769: The database cluster
> intialisation failed.
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I'm not sure but the error may be because of insufficient ACLs on the
> installation directory. Could you try launching the installer on the
> command prompt with "--enable_acledit 1" option and check if this fixes the
> issue?
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 7:38 PM Nick Anderson <
> nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com> wrote:
>
> In case you did not receive the attachment on my reply I pasted code below
> for the error section from the end of the bitrock_installer.log file.
> Please advise.
>
>
>
>
>
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale "English_United
> States.1252".
>
> The default text search configuration will be set to "english".
>
>
>
> Data page checksums are disabled.
>
>
>
> fixing permissions on existing directory C:/PostgreSQLdata ... ok
>
> creating subdirectories ... ok
>
> selecting default max_connections ... 10
>
> selecting default shared_buffers ... 400kB
>
> selecting dynamic shared memory implementation ... windows
>
> creating configuration files ... ok
>
> running bootstrap script ... initdb: could not execute command
> ""C:/PostgreSQL/bin/postgres.exe" --boot -x1 -F ": No error
>
> initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/PostgreSQLdata"
>
>
>
> Called Die(Failed to initialise the database cluster with initdb)...
>
> Failed to initialise the database cluster with initdb
>
>
>
> Script stderr:
>
> Program ended with an error exit code
>
>
>
> Error running cscript //NoLogo
> "C:\PostgreSQL/installer/server/initcluster.vbs" "NT
> AUTHORITY\NetworkService" "postgres" "****" "C:\PostgreSQL"
> "C:\PostgreSQLdata" 5432 "DEFAULT" 0: Program ended with an error exit code
>
>
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>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
> Nick Anderson
>
> IT Infrastructure Specialist II
>
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> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 10:57 AM
>
> To: Nick Anderson <nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com>;
> pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
>
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: BUG #15769: The database cluster intialisation
> failed.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 02:32:19PM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
>
> >The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> >
>
> >Bug reference: 15769
>
> >Logged by: Nick Anderson
>
> >Email address: nicholas(dot)anderson(at)zurichna(dot)com
>
> >PostgreSQL version: 9.6.5
>
> >Operating system: Windows Server 2012 R2
>
> >Description:
>
> >
>
> >When trying to install PostgreSQL 9.6.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 an
>
> >error displays that says "Problem running post-install step.
>
> >Installation may not complete correctly. The database cluster
> initialization failed."
>
> >
>
>
>
> There's not much we can do without additional info - we don't know what
> exactly failed and why. Try digging in the windows system log, for example.
> I believe there should be a log file from the installer in %TEMP% so maybe
> there's more info in it.
>
>
>
> regards
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