Re: Must slapd be shutdown for db_archive to work?

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

--On Tuesday, December 28, 2004 7:20 PM -0500 Steve Vernick 
<svernick@funk.com> wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I'm using openldap 2.2.17 with BDB 4.2.52.
>
> I have included the checkpoint command in slapd.conf.  (I've tried various
> combinations of kbyte and time.)  I've got slapd debug logging going, so I
> know that the command has been digested OK.
>
> As long as slapd is running, when I run 'db_archive -v', no log files are
> listed.  However, any time after I shutdown slapd, then 'db_archive -v'
> lists files to archive.
>
> I've also tried 'db_checkpoint -1' while slapd is running.  No effect.
>
> Does slapd have to be shutdown before db_archive will work?  I haven't
> seen anything about that anywhere.
>
>
> Actually, what I'd really like to do is to use DB_LOG_AUTOREMOVE in the
> DB_CONFIG.  I haven't gotten that to work either.
>
> Thanks very much!

You might need to fix 4.2 for long running transactions.  It all works for 
me, but I add a patch to BDB, and two patches to 2.2.19.

I personally suggest using 2.2.19 + my patches. ;)

<http://www.stanford.edu/services/directory/openldap/configuration/bdb-build-42.html>
<http://www.stanford.edu/services/directory/openldap/configuration/openldap-build-42.html>

--Quanah

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