Re: problems with Upgrading bdb 4.1 to 4.2

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu>]

--On Wednesday, November 17, 2004 4:08 AM +0000 MS 
<opensrc_eng@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I was using OpenLDAP 2.1.25 build with static BerkeleyDB 4.1.25
> libraries.Now i have upgraded my OpenLDAP to 2.2.15 with static
> BerkeleyDB 4.2.52.I am working in HP-UX.Is there a way to recover my
> databases files?.i was just using db_recover&db_upgrade(But not very sure
> if i followed rite steps).When i started  my new LDAP with older database
> it either coredumps at few cases or get me some erres like
> slapd log
> ======
> <= entry_decode: str2ad(om): AttributeDescription contains inappropriate
> characters
> <= entry_decode: str2undef_ad(om): AttributeDescription contains
> inappropriate characters
> Memory fault(coredump)
>
> Is there any best way to upgrade my database files?.Am i missing some
> basic things?/

You need to slapcat the old DB with the OpenLDAP 2.1.25 binaries, and then 
slapadd with the 2.2.15 binaries.

I strongly suggest upgrading to at least OpenLDAP 2.2.17.

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
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ITSS/Shared Services
Stanford University
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