Re: log.000xx files?

["Dieter Kluenter" <dieter@dkluenter.de>]

Tim Tyler <tyler@beloit.edu> writes:

>    Openldap experts,
>    We are running openldap 2.3.30 on Fedora core 6.  Everything seems
>    to be working fine since we started it up in February.  However, I
>    have noticed that in /var/lib/ldap there are a lot of log.00000x
>    files incrementing from 1 through 58 so far and they are all the
>    same size of 5242880 bits.  Can someone explain to me what the role
>    of these log files is and if there is anything I should do to keep
>    the directory clean over time?  Should I just ignore them or is
>    there maintenance or something that is recommended for cleaning up
>    these log files over time?  Is openldap dependent upon all of them
>    for any reason?
>
>
> -rw-------  1 ldap ldap  5242880 Apr 18 18:56 log.0000000053
> -rw-------  1 ldap ldap  5242880 Apr 30 07:38 log.0000000054
> -rw-------  1 ldap ldap  5242880 Jun  5 11:26 log.0000000055
> -rw-------  1 ldap ldap  5242880 Jun  8 13:30 log.0000000056
> -rw-------  1 ldap ldap  5242880 Jul 18 12:07 log.0000000057
> -rw-------  1 ldap ldap  5242880 Jul 19 11:45 log.0000000058.
>

this are the transaction logs of bdb, doen't touch them, use
db_archive to remove old log files.

>    Also, are there any other ldap maintenance tasks that one might
>    recommend doing periodically to keep the ldap databases running
>    efficiently and reliably?  Note we are using Berkley database in
>    case that matters (*.bdb).

a database backup strategy,

-Dieter 

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