Re: Double entries in log for page slots in beta3 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Kevin Grittner wrote:
> > If there's a better way for me to be managing this, let me know
> > and I'll happily withdraw my requests that the message be spewed
> > twice.
>  
> I've generally been capturing the output of my nightly VACUUM ANALYZE
> VERBOSE run, and looking for this information at the end of that file.
>  
> > the only reason I
> > still have a scheduled database- wide- vacuum is for this FSM
> message.
>  
> Isn't it necessary to do this periodically to prevent transaction ID
> wraparound?

autovacuum takes care of that too, at least in 8.2 and I think 8.1.

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