Re: bdb backend - reliable or not?

[Chris Lundell <chris.lundell@coat.com>]

Chris Lundell wrote:
> Dieter Kluenter wrote:
>
> > Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org> writes:
> >
> >
> > > Previously I was using OpenLDAP 2.1.x and 2.2.x with ldbm backend.
> > >
> > > I never had problems with it.
> > >
> > > As I've read on the list that ldbm support will be dropped in the next
> > > major version of OpenLDAP, and bdb is the recommended backend, I
> > > decided to deploy a couple of new OpenLDAP servers with bdb backend.
> > >
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, the choice was a disaster - a couple of tests showed
> > > that after powering off the server, OpenLDAP is not able to start
> > > anymore -
> > > all I see in logs is a single message (loglevel 256):
> > >
> > > bdb_db_open: unclean shutdown detected; attempting recovery.
> > >
> > > And that's it, it never recovers.
>
> Make sure that you're running the correct "db_recover" based on what 
> BerkeleyDB version you've compiled with OpenLDAP.

Should clarify that:  Ensure that you're running the correct bdb 
binaries ("db_stat", "db_archive", "db_recover") from the BerkeleyDB 
version that runs with your OpenLDAP daemon, as specified in your $PATH.

--Chris


> --Chris
>
>
> > run db_recover -h /path/to/db directory, a BerkleyDB tool.
> >
> > -Dieter


--
Chris