vPostgres service fails to start with Fatal error : bogus postmaster.pid
Article ID: 319991
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Products
VMware vCenter Server
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
- vPostgres service fails to start :- # service-control --start vmware-vpostgres
Perform start operation. vmon_profile=None, svc_names=['vmware-vpostgres'], include_coreossvcs=False, include_leafossvcs=False
2019-11-06T21:38:14.283Z Service vmware-vpostgres state STOPPED
Error executing start on service vmware-vpostgres. Details {
"resolution": null,
"detail": [
{
"args": [
"vmware-vpostgres"
],
"id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",
"localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-vpostgres'",
"translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"
}
],
"componentKey": null,
/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/serverlog.stderr log content :-
~
~
Starting service process with pid: 61183.
LOG: skipping missing configuration file "/storage/db/vpostgres/postgresql.conf.repl"
LOG: skipping missing configuration file "/storage/db/vpostgres/postgresql.conf.repl"
2019-11-06 21:38:14.700 UTC 5dc33d46.eeff 0 FATAL: bogus data in lock file "postmaster.pid": ""
2019-11-06T21:38:14.283Z Service vmware-vpostgres state STOPPED
Error executing start on service vmware-vpostgres. Details {
"resolution": null,
"detail": [
{
"args": [
"vmware-vpostgres"
],
"id": "install.ciscommon.service.failstart",
"localized": "An error occurred while starting service 'vmware-vpostgres'",
"translatable": "An error occurred while starting service '%(0)s'"
}
],
"componentKey": null,
/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/serverlog.stderr log content :-
~
~
Starting service process with pid: 61183.
LOG: skipping missing configuration file "/storage/db/vpostgres/postgresql.conf.repl"
LOG: skipping missing configuration file "/storage/db/vpostgres/postgresql.conf.repl"
2019-11-06 21:38:14.700 UTC 5dc33d46.eeff 0 FATAL: bogus data in lock file "postmaster.pid": ""
Cause
This issue occurs due to corrupted postmaster.pid file.
Resolution
Location of the postmaster.pid file :-
# ls -l /storage/db/vpostgres/postmaster.pid
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 45 Oct 30 17:20 /storage/db/vpostgres/postmaster.pid
Try to cat/less on the postmaster.pid file, it will have junk characters.
Move the postmaster.pid file to backup or some other folder
# mv /storage/db/vpostgres/postmaster.pid /storage/db/vpostgres/postmaster.pid_bkp
You should be able to start the vPostgres service now and see a new pid file automatically getting created.
Note :- Please do not delete the file, and take proper snapshot/backup before making changes.
# ls -l /storage/db/vpostgres/postmaster.pid
-rw------- 1 vpostgres users 45 Oct 30 17:20 /storage/db/vpostgres/postmaster.pid
Try to cat/less on the postmaster.pid file, it will have junk characters.
Move the postmaster.pid file to backup or some other folder
# mv /storage/db/vpostgres/postmaster.pid /storage/db/vpostgres/postmaster.pid_bkp
You should be able to start the vPostgres service now and see a new pid file automatically getting created.
Note :- Please do not delete the file, and take proper snapshot/backup before making changes.
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