Re: strange behavior (corruption?) of large production database

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Cc: "Hackers (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: strange behavior (corruption?) of large production database
Date: 2005-12-03 00:20:09
Message-ID: 10027.1133569209@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> You could try a VACUUM FREEZE on pg_database though.

> Since this is a production machine, putting pg_filedump on it may be
> problematic -- if I grovel through the bits by hand, can you give me a
> hint about what to look for?

How about you copy off the pg_database file to someplace where it's OK
to run pg_filedump? Doing that by hand is mighty tedious.

BTW, forget the "FREEZE" part, just VACUUM:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2005-11/msg00097.php

regards, tom lane

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