Re: Last autovacuum on postgresql 8.1

Makes sence, for these servers there are a lot of those entries in the log files.

Quoting Grzegorz Szpetkowski <gszpetkowski(at)gmail(dot)com>:

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> look at http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/How-can-I-tell-if-I-m-autovacuuming-td2085097.html
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> I think that in PostgreSQL 8.1 you can only check autovacuum activity with logfile (e.g. autovacuum: processing database "postgres") by setting log_min_messages to debug level. I think it's good idea to upgrade to newer version.
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> In PostgreSQL 8.2 release notes (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/release-8-2.html) there is "pg_stat_activity now shows autovacuum activity.". In other words you can use pg_stat_user_tables in PostgreSQL 8.2+.
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> Regards,
> Grzegorz Szpetkowski
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> 2011/5/9 Machiel Richards <machielr(at)rdc(dot)co(dot)za>
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> > Hi
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> > Thank you for the response.
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> > I had a look on some of the servers and the autovacuum,etc... is in fact enabled.
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> > I am however still not able to find where / how I can find out when the last autovacuum occured?
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> > Any more suggestions?
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> > Regards
> > Machiel
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > FROM: Grzegorz Szpetkowski <gszpetkowski(at)gmail(dot)com>
> > TO: Machiel Richards <machielr(at)rdc(dot)co(dot)za>
> > CC: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > SUBJECT: Re: [NOVICE] Last autovacuum on postgresql 8.1
> > DATE: Mon, 9 May 2011 11:21:44 +0200
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> > Hi,I know that autovacuum daemon in available since PostgreSQL 8.1, but as optional feature that need to be enabled explicitly. Starting from PostgreSQL 8.3 it is enabled by default. I think that some properties in postgresql.conf need to be changed (plus server restart/reload) such as:stats_start_collector, stats_row_level, autovacuumRefer to http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/runtime-config-autovacuum.html and http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/maintenance.html#AUTOVACUUMRegards, Grzegorz Szpetkowski2011/5/9 Machiel Richards <machielr(at)rdc(dot)co(dot)za>: > Hi All > > > One of our clients are running a combination of postgresql 8.1 and > 8.3. > > On the 8.3 databases I can run the following select in order to > determine when last a table was autovacuumed: > > SELECT relname,last_autovacuum,last_autoanalyze from > pg_stat_user_tables; > > However this is not available on the 8.1 databases. > > Can someone please confirm whether autovacuum was available on > version 8.1 and if so what the query would be for this? > > If autovacuum was not available, how would I go about in finding > out when last a tables was actually vacuumed? > > Thank you in advance for any assistance in this. > > > Regards > Machiel