Keyword Analysis & Research: postgresql pg_wal cleanup

percona.com

https://www.percona.com/blog/2019/07/10/wal-retention-and-clean-up-pg_archivecleanup/

Jul 10, 2019 · But there is a simple program named pg_archivecleanup which comes along with PostgreSQL binaries which might be useful in both maintaining the WAL retention as well as handling an emergency situation. pg_archivecleanup is probably the least talked about utility among standard PostgreSQL binaries. It is extremely simple and useful, and it can work in 2 … Reviews: 4

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stackexchange.com

https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/229274/how-do-i-cleanup-postgres-wal

Feb 08, 2019 · "pg_wal" cleans itself up. You should almost never touch pg_wal by hand. If it is not cleaning itself up, you need to figure out why and fix the underlying issue. One possible reason is that you have a replication slot which is holding it back. Either a replica is using a slot and is unable to keep up. Reviews: 3

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postgresql.org

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/pgarchivecleanup.html

Feb 10, 2022 · pg_archivecleanup can also be used as a standalone program to clean WAL file archives. To configure a standby server to use pg_archivecleanup, put this into its recovery.conf configuration file: archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup archivelocation %r' where archivelocation is the directory from which WAL segment files should be removed.

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serverfault.com

https://serverfault.com/questions/476428/postgres-wal-files-clean-up

Feb 07, 2013 · 3 Answers3. Show activity on this post. Address the underlying cause and the problem will go away (your underlying problem being someone who didn't know what they were doing and didn't read the Postgres manual set wal_keep_segments to an insane value): Reduce wal_keep_segments to a sane value.

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fastware.com

https://www.postgresql.fastware.com/blog/how-to-solve-the-problem-if-pg_xlog-is-full

Nov 07, 2017 · Assuming you have previously followed the proactive approach and have ONLY_DELETE_THIS_DUMMY_FILE_IN_A_POSTGRES_EMERGENCY file already in your pg_wal directory or on the same mount point. Delete the abovementioned dummy file. This will free up some space in the pg_wal directory so you can bring up your database. In this way, …

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postgrespro.com

https://postgrespro.com/docs/postgresql/13/pgarchivecleanup

pg_archivecleanup can also be used as a standalone program to clean WAL file archives. To configure a standby server to use pg_archivecleanup, put this into its postgresql.conf configuration file: archive_cleanup_command = 'pg_archivecleanup archivelocation %r' where archivelocation is the directory from which WAL segment files should be removed.

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postgresql.org

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/86b9106d-46dd-d66e-2408-9166f827a871%40pgmasters.net

May 03, 2022 · PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)eulerto(dot)com> Subject: Re: pg_walcleaner - new tool to detect, archive and delete the unneeded wal files (was Re: pg_archivecleanup - add the ability to detect, archive and …

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