Autovacuum methods automates the executions vacuum,freeze and analyze commands. -- Find whether autovacuum is enabled or not: dbaclass=# select name,setting,short_desc,boot_val,pending_restart from pg_settings where name in ('autovacuum','track_counts'); name. | setting | short_desc | boot_val | pending_restart --------------+---------+-------------------------------------------+----------+----------------- autovacuum | on | Starts the autovacuum subprocess. | on | f track_counts | on | Collects statistics on database activity. | on | f (2 rows) -- Find other autovacuum related parameter settings dbaclass=# select name,setting,short_desc,min_val,max_val,enumvals,boot_val,pending_restart from pg_settings where category like 'Autovacuum'; - Change autovacuum settings:( they need restart) dbaclass=# alter system set autovacuum_max_workers=10 ; ALTER SYSTEM Now restart : pg_ctl stop pg_ctl start