Re: [HACKERS] Aborted Transaction During Vacuum

Tom Lane wrote:

> But the vc_abort problem didn't cause a backend coredump --- it just
> reported an error and failed to complete the vacuum, no?
>
>                         regards, tom lane

Here's the error message again:

NOTICE:  --Relation ex_ellipse_proc--
NOTICE:  --Relation ex_ellipse_proc--
NOTICE:  Pages 2545: Changed 0, Reapped 0, Empty 0, New 0; Tup 30535: Vac 0,
Keep/VTL 0/0, Crash 0, UnUsed 0,
MinLen 660, MaxLen 660; Re-using: Free/Avail. Space 0/0; EndEmpty/Avail.
Pages 0/0. Elapsed 1/0 sec.
NOTICE:  Pages 2545: Changed 0, Reapped 0, Empty 0, New 0; Tup 30535: Vac 0,
Keep/VTL 0/0, Crash 0, UnUsed 0,
MinLen 660, MaxLen 660; Re-using: Free/Avail. Space 0/0; EndEmpty/Avail.
Pages 0/0. Elapsed 1/0 sec.
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NOTICE:  --Relation ex_ellipse_cell--
NOTICE:  --Relation ex_ellipse_cell--
NOTICE:  Pages 370: Changed 0, Reapped 0, Empty 0, New 0; Tup 6109: Vac 0,
Keep/VTL 0/0, Crash 0, UnUsed 0,
MinLen 80, MaxLen 2736; Re-using: Free/Avail. Space 0/0; EndEmpty/Avail.
Pages 0/0. Elapsed 0/0 sec.
NOTICE:  Pages 370: Changed 0, Reapped 0, Empty 0, New 0; Tup 6109: Vac 0,
Keep/VTL 0/0, Crash 0, UnUsed 0,
MinLen 80, MaxLen 2736; Re-using: Free/Avail. Space 0/0; EndEmpty/Avail.
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NOTICE:  --Relation ex_ellipse_opto--
NOTICE:  --Relation ex_ellipse_opto--
NOTICE:  Pages 26356: Changed 0, Reapped 0, Empty 0, New 0; Tup 71475: Vac
0, Keep/VTL 0/0, Crash 0, UnUsed 0,
MinLen 1760, MaxLen 6108; Re-using: Free/Avail. Space 0/0; EndEmpty/Avail.
Pages 0/0. Elapsed 3/2 sec.
NOTICE:  Pages 26356: Changed 0, Reapped 0, Empty 0, New 0; Tup 71475: Vac
0, Keep/VTL 0/0, Crash 0, UnUsed 0,
MinLen 1760, MaxLen 6108; Re-using: Free/Avail. Space 0/0; EndEmpty/Avail.
Pages 0/0. Elapsed 3/2 sec.
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NOTICE:  --Relation ex_ellipse_opto_proc--
NOTICE:  --Relation ex_ellipse_opto_proc--
NOTICE:  Pages 14742: Changed 0, Reapped 0, Empty 0, New 0; Tup 30535: Vac
0, Keep/VTL 0/0, Crash 0, UnUsed 0,
MinLen 1816, MaxLen 5900; Re-using: Free/Avail. Space 0/0; EndEmpty/Avail.
Pages 0/0. Elapsed 1/1 sec.
NOTICE:  Pages 14742: Changed 0, Reapped 0, Empty 0, New 0; Tup 30535: Vac
0, Keep/VTL 0/0, Crash 0, UnUsed 0,
MinLen 1816, MaxLen 5900; Re-using: Free/Avail. Space 0/0; EndEmpty/Avail.
Pages 0/0. Elapsed 1/1 sec.
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sec.
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sec.
ERROR:  vacuum: can't destroy lock file!
NOTICE:  AbortTransaction and not in in-progress state
NOTICE:  AbortTransaction and not in in-progress state
pqReadData() -- backend closed the channel unexpectedly.       This probably means the backend terminated abnormally
  before or while processing the request.
 
We have lost the connection to the backend, so further processing is
impossible.  Terminating.
[postgres@bigred ~]$



-Tony