Re: Sudden spike in WAL

From: Achilleas Mantzios <a(dot)mantzios(at)cloud(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Sudden spike in WAL
Date: 2024-06-29 21:10:36
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Στις 29/6/24 22:29, ο/η Mahesh mana έγραψε:
>
> Hi,
>
> it should from the time when your slave is down,pls check your slave .
>
> Not sure if there is a query to check that..
>
select sl.*,walz.* from pg_replication_slots sl, pg_ls_waldir() walz
where walz.name=pg_walfile_name(sl.confirmed_flush_lsn);

provided there was activity post the last flushed WAL file or wal switch
, the above would be an estimation, of when the replication stopped working.

>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2024, 12:48 AM Siraj G <tosiraj(dot)g(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi Mahesh
>
> Yes, I noticed an inactive replication slot.
>
> select * From pg_replication_slots where not active;
>                  slot_name                  |  plugin      |
> slot_type | datoid |    database    | temporary | active |
> active_pid | xmin | catalog_xmin | restart_lsn  |
> confirmed_flush_lsn | wal_status | safe_wal_size
> ---------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------+--------+----------------+-----------+--------+------------+------+--------------+--------------+---------------------+------------+---------------
>  pgl_marketing_prod_provider_marketin3444436 | pglogical_output |
> logical   |  16648 | marketing_prod | f         | f      |        
>    |      |    244033832 | E0C/DABEE880 | E0C/DABF1870        |
> extended   |
> (1 row)
>
> How do I see the timestamp it became inactive?
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2024 at 12:24 AM Mahesh mana
> <maheshbabumms12(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Please check if you have any inactive replication slot.
>
> Thanks,Mahesh.
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 30, 2024, 12:22 AM Siraj G <tosiraj(dot)g(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I am trying to figure out why we had a sudden spike in WAL
> (on 12th Jun at around 6:30pm IST). The storage has not
> got back to its original state since then.
>
> Please assist if there is a way we can find it out. The
> instance is a GCP cloud managed and PgSQL version is 13.
>
> Please see the spike below:
>
> image.png
> Regards
> Siraj
>
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