PostgreSQL 9.1 Hot Backup Error: the database system is starting up

I have been working on a hot backup for Postgres 9.1 for awhile and have run
into a consistent issue. After restarting Postgres on the slave server the
pgstartup log file and the daily log file under the pg_log directory reads
with no errors. However, when I try to enter into the database using the
psql command, I get the error FATAL: the database system is starting up. The
recovery.conf file also does not turn to recovery.done. I have extensively
researched this error and consistently find the same response: the database
has not been cleanly shut down before I tried to restart Postgres. The only
ways I have restarted Postgres is through the service postgresql-9.1 restart
or /etc/init.d/postgresql-9.1 restart commands. After I receive this error,
I kill all processes and again try to restart the database and still receive
the same error. I am at a loss of where to go from here and how to fix this
issue. Below is the exact process that I have done to complete the hot
backup.

*Master Server Configurations:*

pg_hba.conf: added the line "host replication postgres
IPAddressOfSlaveServer trust"

postgresql.conf: wal_level is set to hot_standby, max_wal_senders = 5,
listen_address = '*', port = 5432, max_wal_senders = 5, wal_keep_segments =
32

*Slave Server Configurations: *

postgresql.conf: hot_standby = on

recovery.conf: standby_mode = on, primary_conninfo =
host=IPAddressOfMasterServer port = 5432 user = postgres, restore_command =
'cp /var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data/pg_xlog/%f "%p"'

*After configuring both servers*

I change to the postgres user on the master server and run the commands

psql -c "Select pg_start_backup('label',true);";

rsync -a -v -e ssh /var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data slave:/var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data
--exclude postmaster.pid

pgsql -c "select pg_stop_backup();";

*After syncing database with slave server*

I restart the slave server and the start up does not fail. The pgstartup.log
reads

Success. You can now start the database server using:
/usr/pgsql-9.1/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data or
/usr/pgsql/9.1/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data -l logfile start

the current day log file, postgresql-Thu.log, reads:

Log: shutting down

Log: Database system is shut down

Log: database system was shut down in recovery at 2012-4-10

Log: entering standby mode

Log: restored log file "logFileName" from archive

Log: consistent recovery state reached at 0/BF0000B0

Log: redo starts at 0/BF000020

Log: restored log file "logFileName" from archive

Log: unexpected pageaddr 0/85000000 in log file 0, segment 192, offset 0

Log: unexpected pageaddr 0/85000000 in log file 0, segment 192, offset 0

Log: streaming replication successfully connected to primary

I researched unexpected pageaddr and from the postgres archives, it is my
understanding that it is quite normal and one of the expected ways to detect
end-of-WAL.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated


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