Re: [GENERAL] WARNING: database must be vacuumed within 8439472 transactions

From: Frank Pinto <frank(at)ayalo(dot)co>
To: Nicolas Zin <nicolas(dot)zin(at)savoirfairelinux(dot)com>
Cc: Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, Forums postgresql <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Prabhjot Sheena <prabhjot(dot)sheena(at)rivalwatch(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] WARNING: database must be vacuumed within 8439472 transactions
Date: 2014-07-07 20:31:40
Message-ID: CAATpuJpSaSQp4Y_pgCXpnYjA7doWzJp541NqqChBvE3Hdrp1Yg@mail.gmail.com
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That actually sounds terrifying. I'd throw up a caching layer ASAP to try
to decrease the speed those transactions are happening.

Frank

On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Nicolas Zin <
nicolas(dot)zin(at)savoirfairelinux(dot)com> wrote:

> Maybe you can priorize your worker with a ionice?
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> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Mike Christensen" <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com>
> À: "Prabhjot Sheena" <prabhjot(dot)sheena(at)rivalwatch(dot)com>
> Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Forums postgresql" <
> pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> Envoyé: Lundi 7 Juillet 2014 16:15:18
> Objet: Re: [ADMIN] [GENERAL] WARNING: database must be vacuumed within
> 8439472 transactions
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> Sounds like you just have to wait until it finishes..
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> On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Prabhjot Sheena <
> prabhjot(dot)sheena(at)rivalwatch(dot)com > wrote:
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> Hello
> We are using postgresql 8.3 database for last 5 yrs for this production
> database and its running fine. This is our critical database which runs
> 24*7. This weekend we started getting these messages
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> HINT: To avoid a database shutdown, execute a full-database VACUUM.
> WARNING: database must be vacuumed within 8439472 transactions
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> i am currently running this command
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> vacuumdb --analyze db
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> while this command is running i m still getting these messages
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> WARNING: database must be vacuumed within 2645303 transactions.
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> The value of number of transactions is going down every minute
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> Can anyone tell me what is the best way to sort up this issue.
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> Thanks
> Avi
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