Hartmann, Tim wrote: > Hi, > > I've run into a situation where one of the files in /var/lib/dirsrv/<instance>/changelogdb has grown almost as large as the partition it's on. In my directory server configs, I noticed I was keeping an unlimited changelog, so I set that to what seems like a reasonably long amount of time (18 weeks) but didn't see any decrease in the file size. I'm wondering now about the best course of action. I can > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/8.1/cli/Configuration_Command_File_Reference-Core_Server_Configuration_Reference-Core_Server_Configuration_Attributes_Reference.html#Configuration_Command_File_Reference-Core_Server_Configuration_Attributes_Reference-cnchangelog5 > a) move the whole dirsrv directory to another partition with more space available and symlink the old location to the new, which worked when I tested it, but I wanted to make sure I wouldn't be hosing something up the next time I upgrade. > If you have a large database with a large number of updates, it's probably a good idea to have the changelog on a separate partition anyway. I think that what you have done will work. > b) find some means of manually shrinking the *.db ( can you even do that?) > Not the changelog db. > c) point dirsrv at a new location, and reinitialize the consumers (which doesn't seem all that desirable) > Also a possibility, but as you say, undesirable. > > Has anyone else found it necessary to shrink your changelogdb? > > > Thanks > > -Tim > > -- > 389 users mailing list > 389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users >
