Re: Postgresql error : PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record

On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 11:29:45PM +0530, Pragati Agarwal wrote:
>
> > The following error "could not locate a valid checkpoint record" occurs on
> > a datastore server running on postgreSQL 13.1.
> > Datastore is hosted on windows 2016 and the system has McAfee virus scan
> > installed.
> > This error occurs when server start is attempted.
> >
> > [7804] LOG:  starting PostgreSQL 13.1, compiled by Visual C++ build 1914, 64-bit
> > [8812] LOG:  invalid primary checkpoint record
> > [8812] PANIC:  could not locate a valid checkpoint record
> > [7804] LOG:  startup process (PID 8812) was terminated by exception 0xC0000409
> > [7804] HINT:  See C include file "ntstatus.h" for a description of the hexadecimal value.
> > [7804] LOG:  aborting startup due to startup process failure
> > [7804] LOG:  database system is shut down

Did you experience some hardware failure, or do the previous logs show any
other problems?