Carol Walter <walterc@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 8.2.3 is what is reported when I run psql with the -V option. In 8.2 you need to increase log_min_messages to see anything about autovacuum. It reports per-database activity at DEBUG1 and per-table activity at DEBUG2 level. Unfortunately DEBUG2 will fill your log with a lot of other chatter as well :-(. There's work going on right now to improve the reporting of autovac activity for 8.3. regards, tom lane