Hi, David Fetter has an article about the issue like your. He describes the situation with DROP DATABASE but it could easily be adapted for VACUUM. Here is the link http://people.planetpostgresql.org/dfetter/index.php?/archives/63-Kick-em-out,-and-keep-em-out!.html
On 28 October 2010 16:39, Little, Douglas <douglas.lit...@orbitz.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > We’re having to vacuum full the system tables everyday due to the number of temp table drop/creates. > > We’re finding that if anyone tries to execute a job during the maintenance period, it often hangs the db. > > > > Is there a way that we can force the db to quiesce? Or lock out users. > > Luckly, most users are coming in thru a network VIP, so all client IP’s are the same. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Doug Little > > > > Sr. Data Warehouse Architect | Enterprise Data Management | Orbitz Worldwide > > 500 W. Madison, Suite 1000 Chicago IL 60661| Office 312.260.2588 | Fax 312.894.5164 | Cell 847-997-5741 > > douglas.lit...@orbitz.com > > orbitz.com | ebookers.com | hotelclub.com | cheaptickets.com | ratestogo.com | asiahotels.com > > -- Sergey Konoplev Blog: http://gray-hemp.blogspot.com / Linkedin: http://ru.linkedin.com/in/grayhemp / JID/GTalk: gray...@gmail.com / Skype: gray-hemp