RE: Disabling transaction logging for slapadd (2.1.25, bdb)

["Howard Chu" <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org]On Behalf Of Buchan Milne

> I am trying to import a relatively large number of accouts
> (200k+) via
> slapadd on a box running 2.1.25, with a bdb database, and
> where ldbm took
> about 75minutes to import the whole ldif file, on bdb it had
> been running
> for 2 days when I stopped it (and it was about half way).
>
> According to the OpenLDAP docs, I should be able to use the
> DB_CONFIG file
> to set some db options when using bdb, but I haven't had
> success that way.
>
> For instance, having:
> set_flag DB_TXN_NOT_DURABLE
> # rm -f /var/lib/ldap/mail/*;cp -f /var/lib/ldap/DB_CONFIG_import
> /var/lib/ldap/mail/DB_CONFIG; slapadd -c -l
> /etc/openldap/net-mail-isp.ldif;time slapadd -l
> /tmp/mail_20031023-converted-nomodify.ldif -c -v
> slapadd: could not add entry dn="cn=mail,ou=isp" (line=5): txn_begin
> failed: Invalid argument (22)
> slapadd: could not add entry dn="cn=net,cn=mail,ou=isp" (line=10):
> txn_begin failed: Invalid argument (22)

> Any ideas?
>
> At present I am running with db-4.1.25.

The DB_TXN_NOT_DURABLE flag is not provided in Sleepycat db-4.1.25. It's a
good idea to thoroughly read the actual documentation for the version of
software you're using and making sure you understand it before wandering off
in the fog.

If you haven't read all of the Sleepycat docs yet, you should. Or at the very
least, you should start here http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/893.html
and read the highlighted sections.

And a tip for folks with the misguided belief that the FAQ-o-Matic is useless
because it provides no Search command - try Googling "openldap faq bdb" ...

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