On Friday, July 27, 2012 11:59:49 AM Ing.Edmundo.Robles.Lopez wrote:
> Hi, i have postgres 8.3 running in SCO Openserver 5.0.7
>
> today, i had problems to start psql, the error mesage was: 'FATAL
> Memory out, Detail: Failed on resqueted size ...' , and after i checked
> the process i noticed the following:
>
> the elder REINDEX had been running since Jun-21 by 35 days 12 hrs
> (35-12:12:08) WTF!!!!
Well it looks like either the COPY or the VACUUM have been running since the
20th and are blocking the other processes. Is that a VACUUM FULL perhaps?
>
> Can i kill safely these process?
> there is any risk to corrupt the database???
I would use pg_cancel_backend() on them. Supposed to be safe, and I've never
had corruption issues.
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