PostrgreSQL monitoring queries
SELECT
d.datname,
pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size(d.datname)) as size,
numbackends,
xact_commit,
xact_rollback,
blks_read,
blks_hit,
blks_hit::float / ( blks_hit + blks_read ) * 100.0 as cache_hit_ratio,
tup_fetched,
tup_returned,
tup_inserted,
tup_updated,
tup_deleted
FROM
pg_stat_database d
RIGHT JOIN
pg_database on d.datname = pg_database.datname
WHERE
not datistemplate and d.datname != 'postgres';
SELECT
d.datname::text,
100.0 * blks_hit / (blks_read + blks_hit) AS cache_hit_ratio
FROM
pg_stat_database d
RIGHT JOIN
pg_database on d.datname = pg_database.datname
WHERE
not datistemplate and d.datname != 'postgres';
SELECT
SUM(seq_scan) / SUM(idx_scan),
SUM(seq_tup_read) / SUM(idx_tup_fetch)
FROM pg_stat_all_tables;
SELECT
d.datname::text,
case when
(tup_returned + tup_inserted + tup_updated + tup_deleted) > 0
then round(1000000.0 * tup_returned / (tup_returned + tup_inserted + tup_updated + tup_deleted)) / 10000
else 0
end::numeric(1000, 4) as select_pct,
case when (tup_returned + tup_inserted + tup_updated + tup_deleted) > 0
then
round(1000000.0 * tup_inserted / (tup_returned + tup_inserted + tup_updated + tup_deleted)) / 10000
else 0
end::numeric(1000, 4) as insert_pct ,
case when (tup_returned + tup_inserted + tup_updated + tup_deleted) > 0
then
round(1000000.0 * tup_updated / (tup_returned + tup_inserted + tup_updated + tup_deleted)) / 10000
else 0
end::numeric(1000, 4) as update_pct,
case when (tup_returned + tup_inserted + tup_updated + tup_deleted) > 0
then round(1000000.0 * tup_deleted / (tup_returned + tup_inserted + tup_updated + tup_deleted)) / 10000
else 0
end::numeric(1000, 4) as delete_pct
from
pg_stat_database d
right join
pg_database on d.datname=pg_database.datname
where
not datistemplate and d.datname != 'postgres';
-- This seems wrong, not MECE, because it adds index size to tables, but then shows indexes.
SELECT
nspname as schemaname,
c.relname::text,
case
when
c.relkind='r'
then
'table'
when
c.relkind='i'
then
'index'
else
lower(c.relkind)
end as "type",
pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(c.oid)) as "size",
pg_size_pretty
(
case when c.reltoastrelid > 0
then
pg_relation_size(c.reltoastrelid)
else 0 end
+
case when t.reltoastidxid > 0
then
pg_relation_size(t.reltoastidxid)
else 0 end
) as toast,
pg_size_pretty(cast((
SELECT
coalesce(sum(pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid)), 0)
FROM
pg_index i
WHERE
i.indrelid = c.oid
)
as int8)) as associated_idx_size,
pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(c.oid)) as "total"
FROM
pg_class c
LEFT JOIN
pg_namespace n ON (n.oid = c.relnamespace)
LEFT JOIN
pg_class t on (c.reltoastrelid=t.oid)
WHERE
nspname not in ('pg_catalog', 'information_schema') AND
nspname !~ '^pg_toast' AND
-- c.relkind in ('r','i')
c.relkind in ('r')
ORDER BY
pg_total_relation_size(c.oid) DESC
LIMIT
100;
SELECT
table_name,
pg_size_pretty(table_size) AS table_size,
pg_size_pretty(indexes_size) AS indexes_size,
pg_size_pretty(total_size) AS total_size
FROM (
SELECT
table_name,
pg_table_size(table_name) AS table_size,
pg_indexes_size(table_name) AS indexes_size,
pg_total_relation_size(table_name) AS total_size
FROM (
SELECT ('"' || table_schema || '"."' || table_name || '"') AS table_name
FROM information_schema.tables
) AS all_tables
ORDER BY total_size DESC
LIMIT 10
) AS pretty_sizes;
This is useful when the table is exclusively locked for example during the DDL that modifies its structure:
select * from pg_stat_all_tables where relname = 'a';
select
pg_size_pretty(pg_table_size(indexrelid)),
indexrelname index_name,
relname table_name,
idx_tup_read,
idx_tup_fetch
from pg_stat_all_indexes
order by pg_table_size(indexrelid)
desc limit 20;
SELECT
schemaname::text,
relname::text,
heap_blks_read,
heap_blks_hit,
case when (heap_blks_hit + heap_blks_read) > 0
then
round(100 * heap_blks_hit / (heap_blks_hit + heap_blks_read))
else 0 end as hit_pct,
idx_blks_read,
idx_blks_hit,
CASE WHEN (idx_blks_hit + idx_blks_read) > 0
then
round(100 * idx_blks_hit / (idx_blks_hit + idx_blks_read))
else 0 end as idx_hit_pct
FROM
pg_statio_user_tables
WHERE
(heap_blks_hit + heap_blks_read + idx_blks_hit + idx_blks_read) > 0
ORDER BY
(heap_blks_read + heap_blks_hit) DESC
limit
100;
Break down total read activity in the database on a per-table basis. Tthat's not completely fair because the size of the reads isn't considered, but it does give a rough idea where activity is happening.
SELECT
schemaname::text,
relname::text,
seq_tup_read,
idx_tup_fetch,
seq_tup_read + idx_tup_fetch as total_reads,
round(100 * idx_tup_fetch / (seq_tup_read + idx_tup_fetch)) as idx_read_pct,
pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(relid)) as total_size
FROM
pg_stat_user_tables
JOIN
pg_stat_database ON datname = current_database()
WHERE
(seq_tup_read + idx_tup_fetch > 0) AND
tup_returned > 0
ORDER BY
(seq_tup_read + idx_tup_fetch) desc -- A.K.A. "total_reads"
limit
50;
Rank how much all indexes are used, looking for unused ones.
SELECT
schemaname::text,
relname::text,
indexrelname::text,
idx_scan,
pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid)) as index_size
FROM
pg_stat_user_indexes i
JOIN
pg_index using (indexrelid)
WHERE
indisunique is false
ORDER BY
idx_scan desc, pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid) desc;
See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/monitoring-stats.html
select pg_stat_reset(); -- resets all statistics just for the current database.
pg_stat_reset_shared('bgwriter') can be used to reset pg_stat_bgwriter.
pg_stat_reset_single_table_counters() and pg_stat_reset_single_function_counters() can be used to reset individual table, index, or function statistics.
CREATE VIEW pg_stat_bgwriter AS
SELECT
pg_stat_get_bgwriter_timed_checkpoints() AS checkpoints_timed,
pg_stat_get_bgwriter_requested_checkpoints() AS checkpoints_req,
pg_stat_get_bgwriter_buf_written_checkpoints() AS buffers_checkpoint,
pg_stat_get_bgwriter_buf_written_clean() AS buffers_clean,
pg_stat_get_bgwriter_maxwritten_clean() AS maxwritten_clean,
pg_stat_get_buf_written_backend() AS buffers_backend,
pg_stat_get_buf_alloc() AS buffers_alloc;
CREATE TABLE pg_stat_bgwriter_snapshot AS SELECT current_timestamp,* FROM pg_stat_bgwriter;
delete from pg_stat_bgwriter_snapshot;
INSERT INTO pg_stat_bgwriter_snapshot (SELECT current_timestamp,* FROM pg_stat_bgwriter);
SELECT
cast(date_trunc('minute',start) AS timestamp) AS start,
date_trunc('second',elapsed) AS elapsed,
date_trunc('second',elapsed / (checkpoints_timed + checkpoints_req)) AS avg_checkpoint_interval,
(100 * checkpoints_req) / (checkpoints_timed + checkpoints_req) AS checkpoints_req_pct,
100 * buffers_checkpoint / (buffers_checkpoint + buffers_clean + buffers_backend) AS checkpoint_write_pct,
100 * buffers_backend / (buffers_checkpoint + buffers_clean + buffers_backend) AS backend_write_pct,
pg_size_pretty(buffers_checkpoint * block_size / (checkpoints_timed + checkpoints_req)) AS avg_checkpoint_write,
pg_size_pretty(cast(block_size * (buffers_checkpoint + buffers_clean + buffers_backend) / extract(epoch FROM elapsed) AS int8)) AS written_per_sec,
pg_size_pretty(cast(block_size * (buffers_alloc) / extract(epoch FROM elapsed) AS int8)) AS alloc_per_sec
FROM
(
SELECT
one.now AS start,
two.now - one.now AS elapsed,
two.checkpoints_timed - one.checkpoints_timed AS checkpoints_timed,
two.checkpoints_req - one.checkpoints_req AS checkpoints_req,
two.buffers_checkpoint - one.buffers_checkpoint AS buffers_checkpoint,
two.buffers_clean - one.buffers_clean AS buffers_clean,
two.maxwritten_clean - one.maxwritten_clean AS maxwritten_clean,
two.buffers_backend - one.buffers_backend AS buffers_backend,
two.buffers_alloc - one.buffers_alloc AS buffers_alloc,
(SELECT cast(current_setting('block_size') AS integer)) AS block_size
FROM pg_stat_bgwriter_snapshot one
INNER JOIN pg_stat_bgwriter_snapshot two
ON two.now > one.now
) bgwriter_diff
WHERE (checkpoints_timed + checkpoints_req) > 0;
create extension "pg_buffercache";
SELECT usagecount,count(*),isdirty
FROM pg_buffercache
GROUP BY isdirty,usagecount
ORDER BY isdirty,usagecount;
SELECT c.relname, count(*) AS buffers
FROM pg_buffercache b INNER JOIN pg_class c
ON b.relfilenode = pg_relation_filenode(c.oid) AND
b.reldatabase IN (0, (SELECT oid FROM pg_database
WHERE datname = current_database()))
GROUP BY c.relname
ORDER BY 2 DESC
LIMIT 10;
SELECT
c.relname,
pg_size_pretty(count(*) * 8192) as buffered,
round(100.0 * count(*) /
(SELECT setting FROM pg_settings
WHERE name='shared_buffers')::integer,1) AS buffers_percent,
round(100.0 * count(*) * 8192 / pg_relation_size(c.oid),1) AS percent_of_relation
FROM pg_class c
INNER JOIN pg_buffercache b
ON b.relfilenode = c.relfilenode
INNER JOIN pg_database d
ON (b.reldatabase = d.oid AND d.datname = current_database())
GROUP BY c.oid,c.relname
ORDER BY 3 DESC
LIMIT 10;
select * from pg_stat_activity
SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, xact_start, wait_event, wait_event_type, state, query FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE coalesce(state, '') != 'idle' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
ORDER BY query_start desc;
Cancel query:
SELECT pg_cancel_backend(procpid);
Kill:
select pg_terminate_backend(<pid>)
SELECT pg_reload_conf();
select * from pg_locks
vmstat 1
iostat -k 2
select tablename,indexname,tablespace,indexdef from pg_indexes where tablename = ''
select column_name, data_type, character_maximum_length, column_default, is_nullable from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where table_name = ''