::Pg_dump With Load Balance::

Hi ,

Find the below steps to do pg_dump with load balance in PostgreSQL.

REQUIRED TABLES ON REMOTE:- [pg_dump is doing remotely]
==============================
CREATE TABLE LOAD_AVG(AVG REAL);
INSERT INTO LOAD_AVG VALUES(0.0);

REQUIRED SHELL SCRIPT FOR EVERY ONE MINUTE ON REMOTE:-
=======================================================
PGBIN="/opt/PostgreSQL/9.0/bin"
PORT=5432
USER="postgres"
PASSWORD="postgres"
DATABASE="postgres"
LOAD=$(cat /proc/loadavg|awk -F ' ' '{print $1}')
$PGBIN/psql -p $PORT -U $USER -d $DATABASE -c "UPDATE LOAD_AVG SET AVG='$LOAD'";


REQUIRED C PROGRAM ON LOCAL:-
================================
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include "/opt/PostgreSQL/9.0/include/libpq-fe.h"
int main(int argc,char *argv[])
{
FILE *fp,*remote_machine,*log;
char pid[10],cmd[30],con_string[110],host[40],port[4],dbname[20],user[20],password[20],pg_dump_cmd[1000];
int status,remote_avg,dump_initiated=0,dump_stopped=0;
PGconn *conn;
PGresult *res;
log=fopen("/tmp/remote_dump.log","w");
if(fp==NULL)
{
fprintf(log,"\n%s","remote_credentials file is not available");
return 1;
}
else
if(argc<5) { printf("\nProvide the following Arguments "); printf("\nhostaddress port dbname user password"); return 1; } sprintf(con_string,"hostaddr=%s port=%s dbname=%s user=%s password=%s",argv[1],argv[2],argv[3],argv[4],argv[5]); conn = PQconnectdb(con_string); if (PQstatus(conn) == CONNECTION_BAD) { fprintf(log,"\n Not able to connect to the database %s",PQerrorMessage(conn)); return 1; } while(1) { res=PQexec(conn,"BEGIN"); PQclear(res); res=PQexec(conn,"DECLARE find_cpu_load CURSOR FOR select round(avg) from public.load_avg"); if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COMMAND_OK) { fprintf(stderr, "Erorr %s", PQerrorMessage(conn)); PQclear(res); } PQclear(res); res = PQexec(conn, "FETCH ALL in find_cpu_load"); remote_avg=atoi(PQgetvalue(res,0,0)); PQclear(res); res=PQexec(conn,"END"); PQclear(res); if(!dump_initiated) { if(remote_avg<10) { fp=popen("/sbin/pidof -s pg_dump","r"); fgets(pid,10,fp); pid[strlen(pid)-1]='\0'; pclose(fp); if(strlen(pid)<2) { sprintf(pg_dump_cmd,"/opt/PostgreSQL/9.0/bin/pg_dump -f /opt/PostgreSQL/9.0/data/dump.sql -v -h %s -p %s -U %s %s >/tmp/remote_dump1.log 2>/tmp/remote_dump1.log &",argv[1],argv[2],argv[3],argv[4],argv[5]);
system(pg_dump_cmd);
fp=popen("/sbin/pidof -s pg_dump","r");
fgets(pid,10,fp);
pid[strlen(pid)-1]='\0';
pclose(fp);
dump_initiated=1;
}
while (waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG) > 0);
}
else
{
fprintf(log,"\nHigh Load Average .. So, Con't start pg_dump ... Load is %d",remote_avg);
PQfinish(conn);
fclose(log);
return 1;
exit(0);
}
}
else
{
fp=popen("/sbin/pidof -s pg_dump","r");
fgets(pid,10,fp);
pid[strlen(pid)-1]='\0';
pclose(fp);
if(strlen(pid)<2) { fprintf(log,"\nDump has completed .. hence closing the connections ... "); PQfinish(conn); return 1; } if(remote_avg<10&&!dump_stopped) { fprintf(log,"\nSleeping 10 seconds pid load is normal ==> %d",remote_avg);
sleep(10);
}
else if(remote_avg>10&&!dump_stopped)
{
fprintf(log,"\nSleeping 10 Seconds ****Load is high ****.. so stopping dump and Load is %d Processes is %d",remote_avg,atoi(pid));
sleep(10);
dump_stopped=1;
sprintf(cmd,"kill -s STOP %d",atoi(pid));
system(cmd);
}
else if(remote_avg>10&&dump_stopped)
{
fprintf(log,"\nSleeping 10 More Seconds Load is high ... Load is %d",remote_avg);
sleep(10);
}
else
{
fprintf(log,"\nLoad is Nomal Again so resumig the dump processes ... load is %d",remote_avg);
dump_stopped=0;
sprintf(cmd,"\nkill -s CONT %d",atoi(pid));
system(cmd);
}
}
while (waitpid(-1, &status, WNOHANG) > 0 );
}
fclose(fp);
}

HOW TO COMPILE ??
===============
1.export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/PostgreSQL/9.0/lib/
2.gcc -o mg MG.c -L/opt/PostgreSQL/9.0/lib -lpq -lssl -lcrypto

HOW TO RUN ??
============
./mg 172.24.35.67 5432 postgres postgres postgres
[host] [port] [user] [password] [database]