On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Robert Covell wrote: > We are in the process of replacing our 1.5.24 Cyrus box with a new 2.1.15 > box. After we got everything setup, tested and stabilized we rebooted the > box and got: > > Sep 25 16:12:09 mail1b ctl_cyrusdb[152]: checkpointing cyrus databases > Sep 25 16:12:09 mail1b lmtpd[155]: DBERROR db3: 4 lockers > Sep 25 16:12:09 mail1b ctl_cyrusdb[152]: done checkpointing cyrus databases > Sep 25 16:12:09 mail1b imapd[156]: DBERROR db3: 4 lockers > Sep 25 16:12:11 mail1b imapd[172]: DBERROR db3: 4 lockers
Note that in reality, esepcially for smaller sites, these messages on their own aren't a severe concern. Only if the number is rapidly increasing should they be worried about. > Is the recommendation of using skiplist with mailboxes.db still valid? Or > do we need to shutdown the cyrus server before we shutdown? If shutting it > down before a reboot what is the preferred method? We are still in a > position to change the format if necessary before migrating 800+ users... Yes. You will need to recompile the cyrus server to do this. You will also want to dump the mailbox list beforehand, and undump it afterwords (as with any 1.x -> 2.x upgrade). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Rob Siemborski * Andrew Systems Group * Cyert Hall 207 * 412-268-7456 Research Systems Programmer * /usr/contributed Gatekeeper
