SUSE Manager PostgreSQL database not starting after upgrade 4.2 to 4.3

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Environment

SUSE Manager 4.3

Situation

After upgrading SUSE Manager from 4.2 to 4.3 the PostgreSQL database is unable to start. Following error messages within journal can be found:

Starting PostgreSQL service...
Job for postgresql.service failed because a timeout was exceeded.
See "systemctl status postgresql.service" and "journalctl -xeu postgresql.service" for details.
16:27:04 Reindexing database. This may take a while, please do not cancel it!
psql: error: connection to server at "localhost" (::1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
connection to server at "localhost" (127.0.0.1), port 5432 failed: Connection refused
Is the server running on that host and accepting TCP/IP connections?
16:27:04 The reindexing failed. Please review the PostgreSQL logs at /var/lib/pgsql/data/log

Resolution

Verify that postgres database user has a valid shell set in /etc/passwd e.g.:

postgres:x:<id>:<id>:PostgreSQL Server:/var/lib/pgsql:/bin/bash

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