Re: how to recover database back from /data folder [ Possibly Recovered ]

I meant "all looks *good* according to the logs" :)

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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)

On 12/11/06, Shoaib Mir <shoaibmir(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> All looks according to the logs to me...
>
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> Shoaib Mir
> EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)
>
> On 12/11/06, Rajesh Kumar Mallah < mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi List ,
> >
> > I restored the filesystem backup tar and ran postgres 7.3.8 on the data
> > folder.
> > there was no problem at all.
> >
> > DEBUG: FindExec: found "/opt/usr/local/pgsql7.3/bin/postgres" using
> > argv[0]
> > DEBUG: invoking IpcMemoryCreate(size=1466368)
> > DEBUG: FindExec: found "/opt/usr/local/pgsql7.3/bin/postmaster" using
> > argv[0]
> > LOG: database system was shut down at 2006-12-04 12:30:21 IST
> > LOG: checkpoint record is at 0/39DF3C2C
> > LOG: redo record is at 0/39DF3C2C; undo record is at 0/0; shutdown TRUE
> > LOG: next transaction id: 2006905; next oid: 15212626
> > LOG: database system is ready
> > DEBUG: proc_exit(0)
> > DEBUG: shmem_exit(0)
> > DEBUG: exit(0)
> > DEBUG: reaping dead processes
> >
> > I think the above messages support the fact that the database was
> > shutdown
> > properly before the filesystem level backup.
> > Can anyone kindly confirm it ?
> >
> > I listed the tables and did some selects the data seems to be there.
> > I think postgres was not starting for some peripheral issues
> > not because that data folder was corrupted.
> >
> > BTW
> > when i first started postmaster it gave an error related to
> > too liberal permissions. Probably the original poster was doing
> > the same mistake.
> >
> > Regds
> > mallah.
> >
>
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