Thread: effects of cancelling a vacuum full
Hi, I just had to cancel one VACUUM FULL (of a 4.3m row table) that someone ran in business hours. It was after an hour or so that I realized, and it was blocking queries, running out of connections, so I cancelled it. Are there any bad side effects of cancelling an ongoing full vacuum of a table or a database? Does a partial full vacuum give back any space? Thanks,Anjan This email message and any included attachments constitute confidential and privileged information intended exclusively for the listed addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Vantage by immediately telephoning 215-579-8390, extension 1158. In addition, please reply to this message confirming your receipt of the same in error. A copy of your email reply can also be sent to mailto:support@vantage.com. Please do not disclose, copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on the contents of this information. Kindly destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. Any other use of this email is prohibited. Thank you for your cooperation. For more information about Vantage, please visit our website at http://www.vantage.com.
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 12:17, Anjan Dave wrote: > Hi, > > I just had to cancel one VACUUM FULL (of a 4.3m row table) that someone ran in business hours. It was after an hour orso that I realized, and it was blocking queries, running out of connections, so I cancelled it. Are there any bad sideeffects of cancelling an ongoing full vacuum of a table or a database? Does a partial full vacuum give back any space? > No damage done. No space returned. Just wait and run it again later. Tell your used to do a vacuum regular during business hours or you'll have to give him a stern talking to.
One Question out of curiosity .. How did u cancel the vacuum full ?.
1. killed the process id .. eg using kill -9
2. canceled the vacuum full from command prompt eg using "ctrl C".
3. or did an immediate shutdown .
On 1/18/06, Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 12:17, Anjan Dave wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just had to cancel one VACUUM FULL (of a 4.3m row table) that someone ran in business hours. It was after an hour or so that I realized, and it was blocking queries, running out of connections, so I cancelled it. Are there any bad side effects of cancelling an ongoing full vacuum of a table or a database? Does a partial full vacuum give back any space?
>
No damage done.
No space returned.
Just wait and run it again later.
Tell your used to do a vacuum regular during business hours or you'll
have to give him a stern talking to.
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