Re: Postgres 9.3 service no longer starts on Windows 8.1

Don't know why this so often happens, but it does. I'll look for hours
for a solution to a problem, finally give up and ask for help, and then
find a solution.

I just solved my problem. I started looking at permissions on the
database location folders. Saw that NETWORK SERVICE had full security
permissions for the 9.3 folder in the path
"D:\mysoftware\PostgreSQL\9.3" and also had full permissions to folders
underneath 9.3. It had no permissions for the PostgreSQL folder. For
grins I added it to the security settings for the the PostgreSQL folder
and gave it full permissions. After doing that starting Postgres as a
Windows service is working again. No idea if those permissions were
previously on the PostgreSQL folder and somehow disappeared, but adding
the permissions fixed the problem.

Lisa

On 1/26/2021 6:19 PM, Lisa Ruby wrote:
> I am using Postgres 9.3 on a Windows 8.1 computer. I've been using it
> for over 5 years on the same computer to provide a database for a local
> JIRA Server. I did a normal restart of my computer last night and ever
> since then the Postgres service fails to start. I am able to start
> Postgres from the command line using pg_ctl start -D <path to database>
> -w,  and JIRA is then able to connect to the database.
>
> When I try (or the system tries) to start the Postgres Service from
> Windows Services the event log shows this error for Postgres:
>
> 2021-01-25 23:37:36 PST FATAL:  data directory
> "D:/mysoftware/PostgreSQL/9.3" does not exist
>
> The database does exist in this data directory, and I use the same exact
> path for it when starting Postgres from the command line. This error
> started appearing when Postgres stopped correctly starting as a service.
>
> There are no other errors/warnings in the Event log that aren't always
> there.
>
> The latest entries in the postgresql log look like this:
>
> 2021-01-26 17:21:05 PST LOG:  database system was shut down at
> 2021-01-26 17:20:31 PST
> 2021-01-26 17:21:05 PST LOG:  MultiXact member wraparound protections
> are now enabled
> 2021-01-26 17:21:05 PST LOG:  database system is ready to accept connections
> 2021-01-26 17:21:05 PST LOG:  autovacuum launcher started
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST LOG:  server process (PID 2372) was terminated
> by exception 0xC000013A
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST DETAIL:  Failed process was running: UPDATE
> public.clusteredjob SET  VERSION = $1 ,  NEXT_RUN = $2  WHERE JOB_ID=$3
> AND VERSION=$4
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST HINT:  See C include file "ntstatus.h" for a
> description of the hexadecimal value.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST LOG:  terminating any other active server processes
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST WARNING:  terminating connection because of
> crash of another server process
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST DETAIL:  The postmaster has commanded this
> server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
> another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
> memory.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST HINT:  In a moment you should be able to
> reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST WARNING:  terminating connection because of
> crash of another server process
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST DETAIL:  The postmaster has commanded this
> server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
> another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
> memory.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST HINT:  In a moment you should be able to
> reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST WARNING:  terminating connection because of
> crash of another server process
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST DETAIL:  The postmaster has commanded this
> server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
> another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
> memory.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST HINT:  In a moment you should be able to
> reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST WARNING:  terminating connection because of
> crash of another server process
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST DETAIL:  The postmaster has commanded this
> server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
> another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
> memory.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST HINT:  In a moment you should be able to
> reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST WARNING:  terminating connection because of
> crash of another server process
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST DETAIL:  The postmaster has commanded this
> server process to roll back the current transaction and exit, because
> another server process exited abnormally and possibly corrupted shared
> memory.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST HINT:  In a moment you should be able to
> reconnect to the database and repeat your command.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST LOG:  all server processes terminated;
> reinitializing
> 2021-01-26 17:25:05 PST LOG:  database system was interrupted; last
> known up at 2021-01-26 17:21:05 PST
> 2021-01-26 17:25:07 PST LOG:  startup process (PID 5376) was terminated
> by exception 0xC000013A
> 2021-01-26 17:25:07 PST HINT:  See C include file "ntstatus.h" for a
> description of the hexadecimal value.
> 2021-01-26 17:25:07 PST LOG:  aborting startup due to startup process
> failure
>
> Can anyone help me fix this so that Postgres will again start as a
> Windows service like it has been for the last 5 years, until last night?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Lisa
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