On 02/15/11 3:27 PM, Johnny H wrote: > Does anyone know how to check if the database for bacula exists and > how to start it? > # su - postgres $ psql -l that should list a bacula database. if it says postgres isn't running, then... $ ^D # service postgresql start then try the above steps again. if postgresql won't start, find the postgres data directory, typically /var/lib/pgsql/data on centos system unless you built or installed a custom postgres, and look in pg_log/* for the latest logfile, and see what it says. on some older versions, its 'server.log' in the data dir, instead of pg_log/*.log