Re: wal archiving question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From akp geek
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Msg-id CACnhOfKnakXMKh=U_vy=+X+xcb-B7Ax0GHE3rPkpeFaQo4DHbQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: wal archiving question  (Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at>)
Responses Re: wal archiving question  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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 WAL archives is growing, not the files  in pg_xlog.

Regards



On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at> wrote:
akp geek wrote:
> We have postgres 9.0.4 since an year. Replication also set up and works fine.
>  On the master. The wal files are growing and it's almost gone to 90% of the disk.
>  How can I handle the situation. Can I delete the old files.  Please advice

Are the WAL files (the ones in pg_xlog) growing or the WAL archives?

If the former, then you maybe got an archiving problem
(consult the server log).

If the latter, you'd have to manually delete some,
but take care that you don't delete any that you still
need either for restoring a backup or for the standby to
catch up.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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