> Ok, here are the logs from last night > > 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [25407] LOG: received SIGHUP, reloading > configuration files > 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [22649] LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down > 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [30438] LOG: autovacuum launcher started > > > you can see the SIGHUP, the launcher being shut down, and starting right > back up again ??? > > is this expected behaviour ?
Certainly not, and that's not what I see here either. I assume process 25407 is (was) the postmaster, yes?
If you "show autovacuum", is it on?
Yes that was the postmaster, and I did check to see if autovacuum was on, and it was not.