"Jeremy Haile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No tables have been vacuumed or analyzed today. I had thought that this > problem was due to my pg_autovacuum changes, but perhaps not. I > restarted PostgreSQL (in production - yikes) About a minute after being > restarted, the autovac process fired up.
> What could get PG in a state where autovac isn't running? Um, are you sure it wasn't? The autovac process is not an always-there thing, it quits after each pass and then the postmaster starts a new one awhile later. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster