On Thu, 2026-09-10 at 18:28 +0530, loganathan P wrote: > Unfortunately, the OS housekeeping activity has been performed, and all > archive > log files has been deleted from both the archive log and pg_wal locations. > We attempted to start the service, but it is unable to start due to the error > shown below. Please provide the solution. > > starting PostgreSQL 15.18 on x86_64-pc-linux-gun, compiled by gcc (GCC) 8.5.0 > 20210514 (Red Hat 8.5.0-28), 64-bit > listening on IPv4 address "192.168.56.15", port 5423 > listening on Unix socket "var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5423" > listening on Unix socket "/tmp/ .s.PGSQL.5423" > database system was shut down in recovery at 2026-09-10 11:10:40 IST > invalid primary checkpoint record > PANIC: could not locate a valid checkpoint record > startup process (PID 1031317) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted > terminating any other active sever processes > shutting down due to startup process failure > database system is shut down
What you performed was not "the OS housekeeping activity", but the "destroy the database activity". To use an analogy, I wouldn't consider making a hole in the roof a housekeeping activity. This is the time to restore your backup. Yours, Laurenz Albe
