Re: postgres 8.2.9 transaction id wraparound failure - Mailing list pgsql-admin

On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 13:49 -0400, Maria L. Wilson wrote:
> running on a linux box
>
> i've inherited this test machine getting the following errors in the
> logs....
>
> scoogan 198.119.134.228 2009-04-20 11:42:48.762 EDT 0 [9181]
> [scoogan_ange_1.2] FATAL:  database is not accepting commands to avoid
> wraparound data loss in database "postgres"
> scoogan 198.119.134.228 2009-04-20 11:42:48.762 EDT 0 [9181]
> [scoogan_ange_1.2] HINT:  Stop the postmaster and use a standalone
> backend to vacuum database "postgres".
>
> I stopped the server and went into single user mode as the docs
> suggested....
>     postgres --single -D /data/pg_devices
>
>
> then i am issuing vacuum full analyze;   it returns.....
>
>  2009-04-20 11:37:47.377 EDT  [8513] [] WARNING:  database "postgres"
> must be vacuumed within 982038 transactions
>   2009-04-20 11:37:47.377 EDT  [8513] [] HINT:  To avoid a database
> shutdown, execute a full-database VACUUM in "postgres".
>
> trying to restart the server - I still am getting the same initial
> errors....

You have to vacuum each database.

Joshua D. Drake


>
> Am i missing something??
>
> thanks!!      Maria Wilson
>
>
>
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