Re: How can I tell if I'm autovacuuming?

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Doug Gorley <doug(dot)gorley(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How can I tell if I'm autovacuuming?
Date: 2010-05-22 17:11:23
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On Sat, 2010-05-22 at 09:51 -0400, Doug Gorley wrote:
> From what I see in the docs, these three settings in postgresql.conf
> should be enough for PostgreSQL (8.2) to autovacuum with the default
> settings:
>
> autovacuum = on
> stats_start_collector = on
> stats_row_level = on
>
> So, two questions:
>
> (a) Is this correct? Should autovacuum be functional now?

If you restarted.

> (b) How can I verify that my databases are being vacuumed by autovacuum?

pg_stat_user_tables should have a last_autovac column.

>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Doug Gorley | doug(at)gorley(dot)ca
>
>

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