Same as -t -c... On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 08:10:28AM -0500, Lane Van Ingen wrote: > What does the 'c' part of the -tc command do? It is not documented in > any information I have. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim C. Nasby > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:38 PM > To: Chris Hoover > Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Semi OT - Anyone monitoring PostgreSQL with nagios > > > I'm not familiar with Nagios, but you should be able to do something > like > > psql -tc 'select 1' database > > to see if it's alive and accepting queries. > > On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 04:18:55PM -0500, Chris Hoover wrote: > > Is anyone using Nagios to monitor PostgreSQL? > > > > If so, is there any way to check for more than just your PostgreSQL > instance > > being up? > > > > This weekend, we had an issue where a database shutdown failed due to a > > rogue query that would not die w/o a kill -9 being done on it. The > database > > remained up and accepted connections only to tell the connection to go > away > > because the database was shutting down. > > > > This up and accepting connections caused our Nagios instance to not report > > the database being down. > > > > Any ideas on how to get around this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris > > -- > Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 > vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
