ldap data.mdb after upgrade from 8.0.0 -> 8.0.1 has a size of 85GB

Knatterton · Post by **Knatterton** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 1:59 pm

Hello
After an upgrade from 8.0.0 -> 8.0.1 has my ldap data.mdb a size of 85GByte!!!!!!! from 3.4MByte

Please tell me, we can i change the size to a smaller value.
Thanks,
Nick

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:30 pm

[quote ="Knatterton"]After an upgrade from 8.0.0 -> 8.0.1 has my ldap data.mdb a size of 85GByte!!!!!!! from 3.4MByte[/QUOTE]No it hasn't. Search the forums for some details of what's happened, it has already been mentioned.

BTW, you really should post messages in the correct forum. I'll move this as it's not a question about Zimbra Desktop (which is where you've posted).

samgann · Post by **samgann** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:41 pm

It's Allocated disk. It does take up 85 Gig when backed up or rsync'ed to another server.

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 2:46 pm

samgann wrote:It's Allocated disk. It does take up 85 Gig when backed up or rsync'ed to another server.

That's why you've been told that using rsync is not the correct method of backing-up that file as you may end up with a corrupted database and you've also been given the correct method of backing-up that file - stop spreading misinformation.

samgann · Post by **samgann** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:56 am

Knatterton;251914]Hellol
Bill@Thanks for move.
samgan@ no, it is really 85GB on my zimbra server.
How can i make a backup from ldap (ldapcat ???) und make a new ldap database file?
Regards,

Nick
Here is the article on how to backup the database. VMware KB: LDAP data import/export for Zimbra Collaboration Software

Knatterton · Post by **Knatterton** » Mon Nov 26, 2012 8:14 am

Thanks for the link. I will test this on afternoon today.

tharangamu · Post by **tharangamu** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:21 am

I freshly installed zcs-8.0.2_GA_5569.UBUNTU12_64.20121210115059 open source version on Ubuntu 12.04 platform and found 80GB of file size as follows.
-rw------- 1 zimbra zimbra 80G Jan 2 11:41 data.mdb
Any solution for this ?. my main issue is unable to keep backup for many days.

phoenix · Post by **phoenix** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:04 am

tharangamu wrote:I freshly installed zcs-8.0.2_GA_5569.UBUNTU12_64.20121210115059 open source version on Ubuntu 12.04 platform and found 80GB of file size as follows.
-rw------- 1 zimbra zimbra 80G Jan 2 11:41 data.mdb

It isn't actually an 85GB file, it's sparse allocated and has been discussed in the forums.

tharangamu wrote:Any solution for this ?.

It isn't a problem.

tharangamu wrote:.. my main issue is unable to keep backup for many days.

Search the forum for details on what you need to do.

tharangamu · Post by **tharangamu** » Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:26 am

Dear Bill
Highly appreciated your immediate response. got the point.

quanah · Post by **quanah** » Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:11 am

Here's the correct wiki to read:
https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/OpenLDAP_P ... tes_on_MDB