Re: Logging pg_autovacuum

I think there are two things people typically want to know from the logs:
1) Is autovacuum running
2) Did autovacuum take action (issue a VACUUM or ANALYZE)

I don't think we need mention the name of each and every database we
touch, we can, but it should be at a lower level like DEBUG1 or something.

I don't know what logging level these thing should go at, but I for one
would like them to be fairly high easy to get to, perhaps NOTICE?

Matt

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> momjian(at)postgresql(dot)org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
>>> Change log message about vacuuming database name from LOG to DEBUG1.
>>> Prevents duplicate meaningless log messsages.
>> Could we have some discussion about this sort of thing, rather than
>> unilateral actions?
>>
>> Those messages were at LOG level because otherwise it's difficult to be
>> sure from the log that autovac is running at all.
>
> OK, so what do we want to do? Clearly outputing something everytime
> pg_autovacuum touches a database isn't ideal. By default, the server
> logs should show significant events, which this is not.
>
> Do we want something output only the first time autovacuum runs?
>