Re: 8.1.3 - autovacuum question

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 8.1.3 - autovacuum question
Date: 2006-06-28 14:28:31
Message-ID: 200606281428.k5SESVl18953@momjian.us
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Chris Hoover wrote:
> Any chance of a backport to 8.1? It sure would be a big help to be able to
> see what autvacuum is doing and to make sure that life is happy that way.

No, it is a feature addition.

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>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
> On 6/28/06, Jim C. Nasby <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes, and I belive they're in HEAD now.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 12:49:25PM -0400, Chris Hoover wrote:
> > > Are there any plans to fix this so we can see atleast the table activity
> > (
> > > i.e. vacuuming table x) any time soon?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > > On 6/26/06, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >"Chris Hoover" <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > > >> I turned on autovacuum on one of my database servers over the
> > > >weekend. I
> > > >> have been looking at the logs trying to see what it is
> > doing. However,
> > > >all
> > > >> I see are lines like this:
> > > >> ,7674,,2006-06-26 16:31:37.650 EDT,,1,,,,LOG: autovacuum: processing
> > > >> database "postgres"
> > > >> Is there a way to tell if autovacuum is actually doing any work? As
> > far
> > > >as
> > > >> I can see, it is running, but has not done any work.
> > > >
> > > >I think that's all you'll see at the default logging level. There are
> > > >per-table messages at DEBUG2 level ... which will enable a whole lot of
> > > >other chatter as well :-(
> > > >
> > > > regards, tom lane
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com
> > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117
> > vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
> >

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