This article helps to get the vPostgres service up if the service is failing to start with FATAL error “bogus data in lock file postmaster.pid” # service-control –start vmware-vpostgres Perform start operation. vmon_profile=None, svc_names=[‘vmware-vpostgres’], include_coreossvcs=False, include_leafossvcs=False 2019-11-06T21:38:14.283Z Service vmware-vpostgres state STOPPED Error executing start on service vmware-vpostgres. Details { “resolution”: null, “detail”: [ […]