Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D7646364E7 for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 16:54:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.243]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02049-10 for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 19:53:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com (host-215.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.215]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 116446352B5 for ; Tue, 25 May 2010 16:53:55 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 661E4348036; Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at commandprompt.com Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id amPOLIVmZIat; Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-85-217-158.bk4-dsl.surnet.cl [200.85.217.158]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E3E8A348002; Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 90DD86E492; Tue, 25 May 2010 15:53:49 -0400 (CLT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Joshua D. Drake , Doug Gorley , pgsql-admin Subject: Re: How can I tell if I'm autovacuuming? From: Alvaro Herrera To: Mitch Collinsworth In-reply-to: References: <4BF7E14B.6030800@gorley.ca> <1274548283.8730.99.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com> <1274813948-sup-8946@alvh.no-ip.org> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 15:53:49 -0400 Message-Id: <1274817042-sup-6782@alvh.no-ip.org> User-Agent: Sup/0.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.324 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_NJABL_PROXY=2.224 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201005/244 X-Sequence-Number: 34717 Excerpts from Mitch Collinsworth's message of mar may 25 15:38:38 -0400 2010: > On Tue, 25 May 2010, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > I'd say you're running 8.1, not 8.2 as initially stated. > > Well... yes. Sorry. I take it the answer is different then... > > So... How can I tell if I'm autovacuuming in 8.1.21? Crank log_min_messages down to debug2 and check the log for DEBUG messages talking about databases and tables processed by autovacuum. (I think debug1 produces enough data, I can't recall precisely). 8.1 was the first release to sport integrated autovacuum. It was very rough around the edges. If you're depending on its behavior, I suggest you upgrade. -- Álvaro Herrera Command Prompt, Inc. -- The PostgreSQL Company