On 28 Únor 2012, 1:53, Jameison Martin wrote: > I'm seeing "GMTERROR: canceling autovacuum task" lines in my logs. It's not "GMTERROR", it's "GMT ERROR" where GMT is a timezone. You should put a space at the end of log_line_prefix I guess. > 2012-02-27 23:53:28 GMTLOG: checkpoint starting: time >>2012-02-27 23:53:31 GMTERROR: canceling autovacuum task >>2012-02-27 23:53:31 GMTCONTEXT: automatic vacuum of table >> "<somedb>.pg_toast.pg_toast_33254" >>2012-02-27 23:53:32 GMTERROR: canceling autovacuum task >>2012-02-27 23:53:32 GMTCONTEXT: automatic vacuum of table >> "<somedb>.pg_toast.pg_toast_33485" >>2012-02-27 23:54:29 GMTLOG: automatic vacuum of table >> "<somedb>.pg_toast.pg_toast_33254": index scans: 1 > > > It was suggested to me that perhaps I had an exclusive lock on the table > that was being vacuumed (e.g. that I was running some DDL that was > conflicting with the autovacuum). I'm quite certain that I'm not running > any DDL at the time this happens, all i'm running are: > * SELECT ... FOR UPDATE > * UPDATE > * INSERT > * DELETE > Does anyone have a suggestions as to what the cause of this error might > be? Generally yes, autovacuum can cancel itself is something holds a lock. Check pg_locks what locks are there (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/view-pg-locks.html). Tomas -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general