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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_resetwal.sgml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml | 2 |
9 files changed, 19 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml index 69c599e1803..12f2efe4e2a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml @@ -382,10 +382,10 @@ tar -cf backup.tar /usr/local/pgsql/data directories. This will <emphasis>not</> work because the information contained in these files is not usable without the commit log files, - <filename>pg_clog/*</filename>, which contain the commit status of + <filename>pg_xact/*</filename>, which contain the commit status of all transactions. A table file is only usable with this information. Of course it is also impossible to restore only a - table and the associated <filename>pg_clog</filename> data + table and the associated <filename>pg_xact</filename> data because that would render all other tables in the database cluster useless. So file system backups only work for complete backup and restoration of an entire database cluster. diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml index 2c2da2ad8a8..df0435c3f00 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml @@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ All transaction IDs before this one have been replaced with a permanent (<quote>frozen</>) transaction ID in this table. This is used to track whether the table needs to be vacuumed in order to prevent transaction - ID wraparound or to allow <literal>pg_clog</> to be shrunk. Zero + ID wraparound or to allow <literal>pg_xact</> to be shrunk. Zero (<symbol>InvalidTransactionId</symbol>) if the relation is not a table. </entry> </row> @@ -2570,7 +2570,7 @@ All transaction IDs before this one have been replaced with a permanent (<quote>frozen</>) transaction ID in this database. This is used to track whether the database needs to be vacuumed in order to prevent - transaction ID wraparound or to allow <literal>pg_clog</> to be shrunk. + transaction ID wraparound or to allow <literal>pg_xact</> to be shrunk. It is the minimum of the per-table <structname>pg_class</>.<structfield>relfrozenxid</> values. </entry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index b6daf9677cb..9963cd61a19 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -6004,7 +6004,7 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv; <para> Vacuum also allows removal of old files from the - <filename>pg_clog</> subdirectory, which is why the default + <filename>pg_xact</> subdirectory, which is why the default is a relatively low 200 million transactions. This parameter can only be set at server start, but the setting can be reduced for individual tables by diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index 502f99b22b3..9408a255dc6 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -15616,7 +15616,7 @@ SELECT * FROM pg_ls_dir('.') WITH ORDINALITY AS t(ls,n); postmaster.pid | 9 pg_ident.conf | 10 global | 11 - pg_clog | 12 + pg_xact | 12 pg_snapshots | 13 pg_multixact | 14 PG_VERSION | 15 diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml index f87f3e00de5..65a64c85ec0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/maintenance.sgml @@ -527,18 +527,18 @@ <para> The sole disadvantage of increasing <varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> (and <varname>vacuum_freeze_table_age</> along with it) - is that the <filename>pg_clog</> subdirectory of the database cluster + is that the <filename>pg_xact</> subdirectory of the database cluster will take more space, because it must store the commit status of all transactions back to the <varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> horizon. The commit status uses two bits per transaction, so if <varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> is set to its maximum allowed - value of two billion, <filename>pg_clog</> can be expected to + value of two billion, <filename>pg_xact</> can be expected to grow to about half a gigabyte. If this is trivial compared to your total database size, setting <varname>autovacuum_freeze_max_age</> to its maximum allowed value is recommended. Otherwise, set it depending - on what you are willing to allow for <filename>pg_clog</> storage. + on what you are willing to allow for <filename>pg_xact</> storage. (The default, 200 million transactions, translates to about 50MB of - <filename>pg_clog</> storage.) + <filename>pg_xact</> storage.) </para> <para> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_resetwal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_resetwal.sgml index 0cc6fb4c4db..0d93b56ddd2 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_resetwal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_resetwal.sgml @@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <para> A safe value can be determined by looking for the numerically largest - file name in the directory <filename>pg_clog</> under the data directory, + file name in the directory <filename>pg_xact</> under the data directory, adding one, and then multiplying by 1048576 (0x100000). Note that the file names are in hexadecimal. It is usually easiest to specify the option value in hexadecimal too. For example, if <filename>0011</> is the largest entry - in <filename>pg_clog</>, <literal>-x 0x1200000</> will work (five + in <filename>pg_xact</>, <literal>-x 0x1200000</> will work (five trailing zeroes provide the proper multiplier). </para> </listitem> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml index 371c4a475f6..d5430d43245 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation </step> <step> <para> - Copy all other files such as <filename>pg_clog</filename> and + Copy all other files such as <filename>pg_xact</filename> and configuration files from the source cluster to the target cluster (everything except the relation files). </para> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml index e0a89861f86..a156693ec84 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml @@ -78,11 +78,6 @@ Item </row> <row> - <entry><filename>pg_clog</></entry> - <entry>Subdirectory containing transaction commit status data</entry> -</row> - -<row> <entry><filename>pg_dynshmem</></entry> <entry>Subdirectory containing files used by the dynamic shared memory subsystem</entry> @@ -152,6 +147,11 @@ Item </row> <row> + <entry><filename>pg_xact</></entry> + <entry>Subdirectory containing transaction commit status data</entry> +</row> + +<row> <entry><filename>postgresql.auto.conf</></entry> <entry>A file used for storing configuration parameters that are set by <command>ALTER SYSTEM</command></entry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index 1468ba52a48..a749b83dc0e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Internal data structures such as <filename>pg_clog</filename>, <filename>pg_subtrans</filename>, <filename>pg_multixact</filename>, + Internal data structures such as <filename>pg_xact</filename>, <filename>pg_subtrans</filename>, <filename>pg_multixact</filename>, <filename>pg_serial</filename>, <filename>pg_notify</filename>, <filename>pg_stat</filename>, <filename>pg_snapshots</filename> are not directly checksummed, nor are pages protected by full page writes. However, where such data structures are persistent, WAL records are written that allow |