Re: openldap entries lost after reboot

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Enrico Ballarin Dolfin wrote:

> > > The checkpoint command should store in the database the cache content
> > > every 5 minutes. This seems not to happen. The last 2 or 3 entries get
> > > lost after reboot, also if they has been entered 2 days before the
> > > reboot!
> > >      
> > Checkpointing is only done during a write operation. After a write is
> > completed, the BDB library checks to see if it has been more than X
> > minutes since the last checkpoint. But it does not have a periodic timer
> > that actually checkpoints every X minutes.
> >    
>
> We are writing new entries may be once every 2 days.
>
> How can I force BDB to save the entries in the cache (since the last 
> checkpoint) before the server shutdown?
>  
You should look at running the BDB db_checkpoint command in the background.

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