On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote: > 1) why did it fill up this time and not previously > I add this > archive_command = '/bin/true' > wal_keep_segments = 1000 # <<< I'm guessing its this > > 2) how do I fix up, can I just remove the files from the pg_xlog directory
Don't do that. those files are managed by Postgres so you may finish with a corrupted cluster. Instead you should lower the value of
Too late, its okay its a learning experience.
wal_keep_segments, reload the server parameters, and then enforce two checkpoints to force WAL segments to be recycled. Note that this
how do I force check points
depends also on the values of checkpoint_segments (max_wal_size/min_wal_size in Postgres 9.5 and onwards). -- Michael
