Question

I have successfully compiled pgagent from source on a CentOS 6.2 server.

When I try to launch pgagent with the following command :

/usr/bin/pgagent -l 2 hostaddr=serveur.com dbname=postgres user=postgres

I get the following error messages :

DEBUG:      user         : postgres
DEBUG:      port         : 0
DEBUG:      host         : server.com
DEBUG:      dbname       : postgres
DEBUG:      password     : 
DEBUG:      conn timeout : 0
DEBUG: Connection Information:
DEBUG:      user         : postgres
DEBUG:      port         : 0
DEBUG:      host         : server.com
DEBUG:      dbname       : postgres
DEBUG:      password     : 
DEBUG:      conn timeout : 0
DEBUG: Creating DB connection: user=postgres host=server.com dbname=postgres
DEBUG: Database sanity check
DEBUG: Clearing zombies
WARNING: Query error: ERROR:  could not extend file "base/12870/12615": No space left on device
HINT:  Check free disk space.

WARNING: Query error: ERROR:  relation "pga_tmp_zombies" does not exist
LINE 1: INSERT INTO pga_tmp_zombies (jagpid) SELECT jagpid   FROM pg...
                    ^

WARNING: Query error: ERROR:  table "pga_tmp_zombies" does not exist

WARNING: Query error: ERROR:  could not extend file "base/12870/17167": No space left on device
HINT:  Check free disk space.

WARNING: Couldn't create the primary connection (attempt 1): ERROR:  could not extend file "base/12870/17167": No space left on device
HINT:  Check free disk space.
DEBUG: Clearing all connections
DEBUG: Connection stats: total - 1, free - 0, deleted - 1

Any idea of the source of the problem ?

Answer 1

WARNING: Query error: ERROR:  could not extend file "base/12870/12615": No space left on device
HINT:  Check free disk space.

You’re out of disk space, or (rather unlikely) a disk access quota limit has been hit for the database user. It’s also possible you’ve run out of inodes on the file system for some platforms and file systems. Check df.