Re: Large database initial replication problem

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@zimbra.com>]

--On Friday, October 17, 2008 10:20 AM +0200 Åukasz WÄsikowski 
<lukasz@wasikowski.net> wrote:

> Welcome!
>
> I've got large test database (>20000 entries), set up replication using
> syncrepl (refreshAndPersist). It work's fine when consumer is connected
> to provider while importing all database. But when I add new consumer to
> use existing database only first 500 records are replicated. I know
> about sizelimit, but I don't want to raise it (because I don't know how
> big my database will grow). The question is - why consumer won't get
> rest of the entries in another queries? What am I doing wrong? I can't
> import all database everytime I connect new consumer in a production
> enviroment.

slapcat the master, then slapadd the brand new consumer.

I highly advise you read the admin guide section on replication.  Aaron 
already provided you with the answer to your question about sizelimits (use 
the limits command to adjust for the consumer's search ID).

<http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/replication.html#Pull%20Based>
<http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/replication.html#Configuring%20the%20different%20replication%20types>

--Quanah

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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Principal Software Engineer
Zimbra, Inc
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