Thanks everyone, it came back up a few minutes after I sent the SOS.
-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:58 AM
To: Mr. Dan
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] psql: FATAL: the database system is starting up
"Mr. Dan" <bitsandbytes88@hotmail.com> writes:
> We had to kill postmaster, and it's been ugly. The last backup finished
> successfully not last night, but the night before. This is 161 GB
database.
> How long should I expect this to take before it starts.
Not longer than the time since the last checkpoint. What does
pg_controldata show? Is the recovery process actually doing any work?
regards, tom lane
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