On 16/08/2017 13:46, Alex Samad wrote:
On 16 August 2017 at 16:16, Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com
<mailto:michael.paqu...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Alex Samad <a...@samad.com.au
<mailto:a...@samad.com.au>> wrote:
> 1) why did it fill up this time and not previously
> I add this
> archive_command = '/bin/true'
> wal_keep_segments = 1000 # <<< I'm guessing its this
>
> 2) how do I fix up, can I just remove the files from the pg_xlog directory
Don't do that. those files are managed by Postgres so you may finish
with a corrupted cluster. Instead you should lower the value of
Too late, its okay its a learning experience.
wal_keep_segments, reload the server parameters, and then enforce two
checkpoints to force WAL segments to be recycled. Note that this
how do I force check points
checkpoint ;
(the ; is not meant as a smiley or whatever )
depends also on the values of checkpoint_segments
(max_wal_size/min_wal_size in Postgres 9.5 and onwards).
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Michael
thanks
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Achilleas Mantzios
IT DEV Lead
IT DEPT
Dynacom Tankers Mgmt
