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# PostgreSQL Database not Starting due to Replication Checkpoint Error

This guide explains how to resolve PostgreSQL **replication checkpoint** error when the file is corrupted.

## **Common reasons for the error**

1. **Hardware Issues:** Disk failures or other hardware malfunctions.
2. **Software Issues:** Improper shutdowns, crashes, or incomplete write operations.

## Solution

1. Connect to NFS node where the PostgreSQL data is stored.
2. Navigate to PostgreSQL PVC.

   ```bash
   cd /path/to/your/postgres/pvc/data/pg_logical/
   ```
3. Delete or rename the corrupted `replorigin_checkpoint` file.

   ```bash
   sudo mv replorigin_checkpoint replorigin_checkpoint_corrupted
   ```
4. Restart the PostgreSQL service to allow it to generate a new `replorigin_checkpoint` file.


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