Re: [GENERAL] [Postgresql 8.2.3] autovacuum starting up even after disabling ?

Hi,

Tom Lane <tgl <at> sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
> dushy <dushyanth <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Adrian Klaver <aklaver <at> comcast.net>
wrote:
> >> One question? Did you do pg_ctl reload after changing the config file?
>
> > I did not change any config yet - autovacuum was always disabled since
> > the day PG was set up.
>
> A mistake here seems by far the most likely explanation.

I have rechecked the config multiple times till now :)

> Does "show autovacuum" confirm that it's off?

Yes.

# show autovacuum;
autovacuum
------------
off
(1 row)

# Below pocess tree is from todays process logs (i just logged `ps fax` output
every 5 mts to a file)

postgres 8951 0.0 0.1 2270284 60484 ? S Jun29 0:53
/usr/local/postgres/pgsql-8.2.3/bin/postgres -D /usr/local/p
ostgres/current/data -i
postgres 8989 4.8 0.0 57496 948 ? Ss Jun29 547:03 \_ postgres:
logger process
postgres 9002 0.0 6.4 2271532 2127764 ? Ss Jun29 4:06 \_ postgres:
writer process
postgres 9003 0.0 0.0 58564 1024 ? Ss Jun29 0:02 \_ postgres:
archiver process
postgres 9004 0.0 0.0 58448 832 ? Ss Jun29 0:00 \_ postgres:
stats collector process
postgres 10259 3.7 3.4 2293908 1143908 ? Ds 07:06 3:18 \_ postgres:
autovacuum process dbname

# complete postgresql.conf

listen_addresses = '*'
port = 5432
max_connections = 1200
superuser_reserved_connections = 5
shared_buffers = 262143
work_mem = 49152
max_fsm_pages = 6000000
checkpoint_segments = 9
archive_command = '/usr/local/postgres/WALLogs/copy_to_archive.sh %p %f'
effective_cache_size = 2752512
random_page_cost = 2.5
default_statistics_target = 50
log_destination = 'stderr'
redirect_stderr = true
log_directory = 'pg_log'
log_filename = 'postgresql-%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S.log'
log_rotation_size = 256000
log_connections = on
log_disconnections = on
log_duration = on
log_line_prefix = '%t [%p]: [%l-1] '
log_statement = 'all'
stats_start_collector = on
stats_command_string = on
statement_timeout = 120000
deadlock_timeout = 1000
add_missing_from = on

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