Re: [Postgresql 8.2.3] autovacuum starting up even after disabling ?

On Friday 04 July 2008 7:51 am, Dushyanth wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Iam using PostgreSQL 8.2.3 on RHEL4 (Linux 2.6.20.3-custom #4 SMP x86_64
> x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux).
>
> I have autovacuum tunrned off in the config, but it still seems to start
=
up
> once everyday. What could be the cause of this ?
>
> TIA
> Dushyanth
>
>

=46rom the docs:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/runtime-config-autovacuum.ht=
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autovacuum (boolean)

    Controls whether the server should run the autovacuum launcher
daemon.=
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This is on by default; however, track_counts must also be turned on for=20
autovacuum to work. This parameter can only be set in the postgresql.conf=
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file or on the server command line.

-->    Note that even when this parameter is disabled, the system will
laun=
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autovacuum processes if necessary to prevent transaction ID wraparound.
See=
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Section 23.1.3 for more information.=20


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