"Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani(at)counterpane(dot)com> writes:
> I am trying to get autovacuum to complete quicker and prevent Xactn
> wraparound (currently, it takes very long and due to the fact that I
> have to restart the database for maintenance purposes), autovacuum never
> finishes.)
Why are you restarting the database? There is no "maintenance purpose"
I'm aware of that requires routine postmaster restarts.
As for suppressing autovac on specific tables, see the pg_autovacuum
system catalog.
regards, tom lane