did freese in creating a database cluster

[Tsutomu Nakajima]

Hello, PostGreSQL-Masters

<<System>>
PostGreSQL: 7.4.30 the postgres-installer ( postgresql-7.4.30.tar.gz)
OS: AIXv5.2 TL09 (POWER5)
Machine: 9119-590(1LPAR)

<<Status>>
I have got the following status or problem with an initdb command,
which is "initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -d".
The point of "selecting default max_connections..." did freeze,
and the status is the same although I have waited for 24 hours.

<<Question>>
1. What was the situation happend in creating a database cluster?
2. Would you please give me solution or workaround for this status?

<<In Details>>
[postgres:/home/pp/postgres]initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -d
Running in debug mode.

initdb: internal variables:
PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
datadir=/usr/local/pgsql/share
PGPATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin
ENCODING=
ENCODINGID=0
POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=postgres
POSTGRES_BKI=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgres.bki
POSTGRES_DESCR=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgres.description
POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgresql.conf.sample
PG_HBA_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/pg_hba.conf.sample
PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/pg_ident.conf.sample
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgres".
This user must also own the server process.

The database cluster will be initialized with locales:
COLLATE: C
CTYPE: C
MESSAGES:
MONETARY: C
NUMERIC: C
TIME: C

fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/local/pgsql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
selecting default max_connections...



Regards
Tsutomu

[Tsutomu Nakajima]

I add the information of freeze status in creating a database cluster.
The info is that the following process exists.

postgres 1331432 708812 0 11:08:31 pts/10 0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -d
postgres 1347694 1331432 120 11:08:32 pts/10 0:05
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -boot -x0 -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -c
shared_buffers=500 -c max_connections=100 template1
* TIME is now.

Regard
Tsutomu

Post by Tsutomu Nakajima
<<System>>
PostGreSQL: 7.4.30 the postgres-installer ( postgresql-7.4.30.tar.gz)
OS: AIXv5.2 TL09 (POWER5)
Machine: 9119-590(1LPAR)
<<Status>>
I have got the following status or problem with an initdb command,
which is "initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -d".
The point of "selecting default max_connections..." did freeze,
and the status is the same although I have waited for 24 hours.
<<Question>>
1. What was the situation happend in creating a database cluster?
2. Would you please give me solution or workaround for this status?
<<In Details>>
[postgres:/home/pp/postgres]initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -d
Running in debug mode.
PGDATA=/usr/local/pgsql/data
datadir=/usr/local/pgsql/share
PGPATH=/usr/local/pgsql/bin
ENCODING=
ENCODINGID=0
POSTGRES_SUPERUSERNAME=postgres
POSTGRES_BKI=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgres.bki
POSTGRES_DESCR=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgres.description
POSTGRESQL_CONF_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/postgresql.conf.sample
PG_HBA_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/pg_hba.conf.sample
PG_IDENT_SAMPLE=/usr/local/pgsql/share/pg_ident.conf.sample
The files belonging to this database system will be owned by user
"postgres".
This user must also own the server process.
COLLATE: C
CTYPE: C
MONETARY: C
NUMERIC: C
TIME: C
fixing permissions on existing directory /usr/local/pgsql/data... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/base... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/global... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_xlog... ok
creating directory /usr/local/pgsql/data/pg_clog... ok
selecting default max_connections...

[Fujii Masao]

Post by Tsutomu Nakajima
I add the information of freeze status in creating a database cluster.
The info is that the following process exists.
postgres 1331432 708812 0 11:08:31 pts/10 0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -d
postgres 1347694 1331432 120 11:08:32 pts/10 0:05
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -boot -x0 -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -c
shared_buffers=500 -c max_connections=100 template1
* TIME is now.

Though I'm not sure what the cause is, I recommend you to upgrade
your database since 7.4 is already end-of-life.

Regards,

[Gurjeet Singh]

Post by Fujii Masao

Post by Tsutomu Nakajima
I add the information of freeze status in creating a database cluster.
The info is that the following process exists.
postgres 1331432 708812 0 11:08:31 pts/10 0:00 /bin/sh
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/initdb -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -d
postgres 1347694 1331432 120 11:08:32 pts/10 0:05
/usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres -boot -x0 -F -D/usr/local/pgsql/data -c
shared_buffers=500 -c max_connections=100 template1
* TIME is now.

Though I'm not sure what the cause is, I recommend you to upgrade
your database since 7.4 is already end-of-life.

Yeah, looks like you are creating a fresh database so it is highly
recommended to use the latest version of Postgres, say 9.0 or maybe 8.4.

Regards,

[John R Pierce]

Post by Tsutomu Nakajima
<<System>>
PostGreSQL: 7.4.30 the postgres-installer ( postgresql-7.4.30.tar.gz)
OS: AIXv5.2 TL09 (POWER5)
Machine: 9119-590(1LPAR)

as others have said, 7.4 is really really old and completely at end of
life, and should certainly not be used for new projects.

I have had no problems building and running PostgreSQL 8.4.5 on AIX 5.3L
and 6.1, on Power 5 and 6 gear, using IBM XL C for AIX v11.1

to build 8.4, I first built zlib 1.2.5 and readline 6.1 as static
libraries, built in my compile user's $HOME/src/* tree.

my build environment is...

export
PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/home/postgres/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin
export CC=/usr/vacpp/bin/xlc


zlib build:
$ CFLAGS="-q64" AR="/usr/bin/ar -X64" ./configure --prefix=$HOME/src
--64 --static && gmake && gmake install

readline build:
$ CC=/usr/vacpp/bin/xlc CFLAGS="-q64 -I$HOME/src/include"
LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/src/lib" AR="/usr/bin/ar" ./configure
--prefix=$HOME/src && gmake && gmake install

then I built postgres via...
$ CC=/usr/vacpp/bin/xlc CFLAGS="-q64 -I$HOME/src/include -O2
-qarch=pwr5 -qtune=balanced" LDFLAGS="-L$HOME/src/lib" AR="/usr/bin/ar" .
/configure --prefix=/opt/pgsql84 && gmake && gmake test && sudo gmake
install



then, as the postgres user, I setup...

$ export PGDATA=/u10/pgsql/data
$ export
PATH=/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/home/postgres/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/opt/pgsql84/bin

(I have the above in the PG user's .profile, actually)

$ initdb -E UTF8

and it ran in at most a couple seconds on a Power 520.

[Tsutomu Nakajima]

Thank you for responsing the problem.
Although you suggested, I had needed to prepare for version7 on AIX 5.2L.

Thus, i tried to build v7.4.6 not v7.4.30, and it was successfly. Thanks.

Tsutomu