On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Dave Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 25-Aug-08, at 10:43 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Dave Cramer wrote: >> >> Well, I go the extra mile and kill any remaing autovac procs >>> >>> Here are the logs >>> >>> 2008-08-25 04:00:01 EDT [32276] LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down >>> 2008-08-25 04:00:01 EDT [20526] LOG: autovacuum launcher started >>> >> >> What did you SIGHUP, the launcher or postmaster? You need the latter. >> The launcher should exit automatically at that time. >> > > No, I am HUP'ing the postmaster then subsequently killing any autovacuums > still around, which may be the problem. > > I may be killing the launcher prematurely. I'll try again tonight. > Ok, here are the logs from last night 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [25407] LOG: received SIGHUP, reloading configuration files 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [22649] LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down 2008-08-26 04:00:02 EDT [30438] LOG: autovacuum launcher started you can see the SIGHUP, the launcher being shut down, and starting right back up again ??? is this expected behaviour ? Dave