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Re: BDB corruption on windows port of 2.2.19
Thanks Quanah. I have already started using db_recover to solve this
problem after it happens. However, I was hoping to find out what
configuration settings I could use to prevent the problem from
happening in the first place. I was told that with appropriate
configuration settings for the bdb back-end (hopefully via slapd.conf
itself), it would be possible to avoid the data corruption issue
alltogether in version 2.2.x...
Regards,
Safdar
On 7/22/05, Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>
> --On Friday, July 22, 2005 4:42 PM -0700 Safdar Kureishy
> <safdar.kureishy@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > My usage pattern is as follows:
> > - At install time, the installer for our product sets up OpenLDAP and
> > imports some seed data into it (using slapadd), under a specific base
> > dn. This imported data (LDIF file) could be pretty large. This same
> > import will happen again at a periodic rate of X hours (most likely 24
> > hours). Each time the import occurs, it involves the deletion of the
> > previous imported data (if any) using ldapdelete, followed by
> > re-import of the updated LDIF data file (using slapadd), followed by a
> > re-start of the OpenLDAP server.
> > - Apart from this import, there will be very rare
> > modification/addition of entries in a different subtree. This is
> > anticipated to involve very little data and the server will not be
> > restarted during this type of access.
> > - The rest of the time, the directory is only accessed for running
> > searches across all the data contained under it.
> >
> > Given this usage pattern, would you or anyone else be able to
> > suggested some appropriate bdb configuration settings (inside
> > slapd.conf) that I could use to prevent data corruption from an
> > abnormal system shutdown?
>
> You must run db_recover after an abnormal shutdown before starting slapd.
> In OpenLDAP 2.3, this is done for you automatically. I have no idea what
> Windows does in the case of abnormal shutdowns vs. Unix however. Perhaps
> it just permanently corrupts things.
>
> --Quanah
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