Re: can't stop autovacuum by HUP'ing the server

From: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: can't stop autovacuum by HUP'ing the server
Date: 2008-08-25 17:07:20
Message-ID: 8988FC15-3886-4239-9F80-62A81F11F98C@fastcrypt.com
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On 25-Aug-08, at 10:43 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> Dave Cramer wrote:
>
>> Well, I go the extra mile and kill any remaing autovac procs
>>
>> Here are the logs
>>
>> 2008-08-25 04:00:01 EDT [32276] LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting
>> down
>> 2008-08-25 04:00:01 EDT [20526] LOG: autovacuum launcher started
>
> What did you SIGHUP, the launcher or postmaster? You need the latter.
> The launcher should exit automatically at that time.

No, I am HUP'ing the postmaster then subsequently killing any
autovacuums still around, which may be the problem.

I may be killing the launcher prematurely. I'll try again tonight.

Dave
>
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> Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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