Re: LDAP hangs requiring slapd stop and deleting __db.00* files

["Samuel Tran" <stran@amnh.org>]

>>
>> The fact that you are deleting the BDB environment files (The __* stuff)
>> suggests some type of corruption.  db_recover will correctly close those
>> files out (and remove them).  Deleting them manually is not a wise path
>> to take.
>
> Right... In my case, at least, the files become corrupt, ldap hangs on the
> corrupt files, slapd_db_recover will recover from the corruption, then,
> slaptest recreates these files with incorrect ownership, I fix the
> ownership, and start slapd, and things are back to normal until next
> corruption.
>
> The bigger question in my mind is why were things getting corrupted in the
> first place.  However, since implementing the ldlcache recommended and
> upgrading to 2.2.24 (I don't know which of these actions resolved the
> issue),
> I've run much longer than ever before without things freezing (about 3
> days).
> We'll see how long it lasts.
>

How high is the load average on your box now?

Sam