Repository Status is Degraded and Repository Directory is Empty in Distributed Environment

Issue

When running Tableau Server in a distributed environment, the Tableau Server Repository might have a Degraded status and the repository directory exists, but is empty. Additionally, the following postgres error might appear in the event log:

FATAL: "C:/Tableau/Tableau Server/data/tabsvc/pgsql/data" is not a valid data directory

Environment

Tableau Server 9.0.0-9.0.4
Distributed HA (multiple Postgres repositories)

Resolution

Upgrade to Tableau Server 9.0.5 or a newer version. For more information, see Upgrading Tableau Server.

Cause

This behavior is a known issue which has been corrected in more recent releases.

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