Re: 8.2.3 AutoVacuum not running - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: 8.2.3 AutoVacuum not running
Date
Msg-id 15716.1176302323@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to 8.2.3 AutoVacuum not running  ("Schwenker, Stephen" <SSchwenker@thestar.ca>)
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"Schwenker, Stephen" <SSchwenker@thestar.ca> writes:
> It says it's on and I have also turned on all stats collecting.

My guess is that it's actually running but is not choosing to do any
vacuums for some reason.  Try setting log_min_messages to DEBUG5 for
awhile and trawling the postmaster log for evidence.  You should at
minimum see messages indicating that the postmaster is launching an
autovac worker process once a minute; the next question is what that
process is doing with itself.  (You might want to adjust log_line_prefix
to include PID so that you can track which messages come from which
process.  I find including a timestamp is often helpful also.)

            regards, tom lane

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