Re: Old pg_clog files

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Old pg_clog files
Date: 2017-10-29 21:55:25
Message-ID: f59178b2-7030-e5e0-d443-a453f8d60b95@cox.net
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On 10/29/2017 03:37 PM, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Sunday, October 29, 2017, Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net
> <mailto:ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> v8.4.17
>
> http://www.postgresql-archive.org/pg-clog-questions-td2080911.html
> <http://www.postgresql-archive.org/pg-clog-questions-td2080911.html>
>
> According to this old thread,  doing a VACUUM on every table in the
> postgres, template1 and TAPd databases should remove old pg_clog files.
>
>
> However, while about 40 of them have been deleted, 183 still exist. 
> What did I do wrong?
>
>
> Reading the old thread it sounds like it might require multiple vacuums to
> affect complete removal.

I vacuumed them twice.

Does it matter whether I ran a VACUUM ANALYZE on every table instead of
"vacuumdb --all"?

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