Re: long running transactions

Tobias Brox <tobias@nordicbet.com> writes:
> [Tom Lane - Tue at 01:09:52PM -0400]
>> Hmph.  Is the autovac process actually doing anything (strace would be
>> revealing)?  If not, can you attach to the autovac process with gdb and
>> get a stack trace to see where it's blocked?

> Sorry ... I SIGINT'ed it, and now it's gone :-(  I thought reloading the
> config would restart autovacuum.

It'll come back after the autovacuum naptime.  If it gets stuck again,
please investigate.

            regards, tom lane