Re: Continuing issues... Can't vacuum!

Oh, yes.  I have restarted it several times - or at least I thought
that I did.  Actually, it's not stopping.  I grepped for "post" after
I did the stop and it is still running.  I really don't like the idea
of issuing the kill command on the database processes.  Is there
another option?

Carol
On May 23, 2008, at 2:00 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 13:54 -0400, Carol Walter wrote:
>> Hello,
>
>> vacuumdb: vacuuming database "km"
>> NOTICE:  number of page slots needed (2275712) exceeds max_fsm_pages
>> (200000)
>> HINT:  Consider increasing the configuration parameter
>> "max_fsm_pages" to a value over 2275712.
>>
>> The problem is I've found the max_fsm_pages parameter in the
>> postgresql.conf file, but changing it doesn't seem to be having any
>> effect.
>
> You have to restart the database.
>
>>  So I'm going to ask some questions that are probably pretty
>> silly, but I hope you'll help me.  First of all, perhaps the
>> postgresql.conf file that I am editing may not be the one that is
>> being read when the database server starts.  There are several
>> postgresql.conf files on this system.  How do I tell which one is the
>> one being read?
>
> Woah... :)
>
>> From psql: show config_file;
>
>
>> The max_fsm_pages parameter says what the minimum setting is in the
>> file.  Is there also a maximum?
>>
>
> It is limited by your shared memory but consider that is not your
> problem. Your problem is you don't vacuum enough. My suggestion is
> to do
> the following:
>
> Up the max_fsm_pages a considerable amount
> Restart
> Vacuum the entire database
> backup
> reinitialize with backup
> make sure you are vacuuming properly.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
>
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