| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Shrirang Chitnis <Shrirang(dot)Chitnis(at)hovservices(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: |
| Date: | 2009-04-22 18:18:49 |
| Message-ID: | 7844.1240424329@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Shrirang Chitnis <Shrirang(dot)Chitnis(at)hovservices(dot)com> writes:
> I see that an auto vacuum process that has started on April 08 is still continuing till date on a production server that I manage.
> A) Is there a way to know whether the process is still running or is stalled?
strace the process for a few minutes and see if it does anything or just
sits there. Alternatively, does ps show its runtime is increasing?
> B) Can the process be killed safely without causing issues in the autovacuum daemon?
You could try SIGINT'ing it. Anything stronger might be risky.
regards, tom lane
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