Re: log_min_messages=debug5, despite an explicit setting to warning on postgresql.conf

So, LifeKeeper default setting of LKPGSQLDEBUG=5 on
/etc/default/LifeKeeper was the culprit for this issue, probably by
starting postmaster with -d5 option.

Thank you for pointing us to the right direction.

-Kong

From: kong_mansatiansin(at)hotmail(dot)com
To: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
CC: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: RE: [ADMIN] log_min_messages=debug5, despite an explicit setting to warning on postgresql.conf
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 21:59:35 -0800

Hi Tom,

Thank you for some clue in this. So, I assume changing log_destination (from syslog to stderr) was a way around it to override log_min_messages when the -d option is specified?

I am checking with the vender, SIOS, on what scenarios LifeKeeper would start up PostgreSQL with the -d5 option.

Best regards,
-Kong

> From: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
> To: kong_mansatiansin(at)hotmail(dot)com
> CC: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] log_min_messages=debug5, despite an explicit setting to warning on postgresql.conf
> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:21:12 -0500
>
> Kong Man <kong_mansatiansin(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> > We ran into a production issue during our maintenance window when I switched over LifeKeeper/PostgreSQL nodes from one to another. We noticed that the database was 1000 times slower than it usually is, then realized that the log_min_messages setting was set to 'debug5' for no reason.
>
> How was the postmaster started? From memory, "-d5" on its command line
> would do that, and would not have been overridable from postgresql.conf.
>
> regards, tom lane