Hi Scott, Thanks for ur reply. BTW I thought 8.3.14 was the latest in the 8.3 series...no? ------Original Message------ From: Scott Marlowe To: Subhasis Bhattacharya Cc: Craig Ringer Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Autovaccum failure with Postgres 8.3.14? (max-fsm_pages issue?) Sent: Nov 28, 2012 4:55 AM On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Subhasis Bhattacharya <subhasis.bhattacharya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks Craig, > > We have plans to upgrade to a later version of postgres, but that could take > a while. > > Meantime, I wanted to understand whether the autovacuum failure could be > linked to the fact that the stats collector could not update (rename) the > pgstats file? It's important to understand that Craig is implying you're getting bitten by a bug in an early version of pg 8.3 that can be fixed by updating to a later version of pg 8.3. Updating within a minor version number like that causes minimum down time as it simply copies in new binary files and restarts the db with no need for upgrading the /data directory. On most debian based boxes it's as simple as: sudo apt-get update or sudo apt-get upgrade Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
