Re: Postgresql, HA ?, Monitoring.
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "V. M." <txian@hotmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-04-19T22:01:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"V. M." <txian@hotmail.com> writes: > DBI->connect(dbname=mydb) failed: Backend startup failed Have you looked in the postmaster log to see *why* this is happening? Some sort of resource-limitation problem is my bet. > I'm asking to all of you the CORRECT sequence of actions to do a monitor > that restarts postgresql in the most safe possible way. > This for having a solution that gives a better overall uptime. Restarting the postmaster because a backend start failed is certainly not the way to improve uptime. regards, tom lane