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Re: I have a quick question about exporting or dumping a database.

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* jeff:

> I have a server running Citadel which uses Berkeley DB on the back end
> and I am trying to transfer the VM that is running it to a different
> server and when I just copy the virtual hard drive and load it the
> database is corrupt and cannot be fixed.

This is odd.  Are you copying a volume which is being written to?  If
you copy a read-only snapshot, it should work.

> 1. How long should it take to dump a database? Mine is about 7.4 GB
> with about 200 MB of log files right now.

That mostly depends on fragmentation.  About an hour would not be
entirely unheard of.

> 2. What is the best way to transfer the database to a different
> system? I would prefer a method that does not involve downtime as this
> is a production email system.

You need to make the database read-only at one point, otherwise some
writes will be lost.  And if you change versions of Berkeley DB, you
have to perform environment recovery, which also requires downtime.

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I have a quick question about exporting or dumping a database. jeff <thexder1@gmail.com> - 2012-08-09 19:32 -0700
  Re: I have a quick question about exporting or dumping a database. Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2012-08-10 20:34 +0200
    Re: I have a quick question about exporting or dumping a database. jeff <thexder1@gmail.com> - 2012-08-10 13:20 -0700
      Re: I have a quick question about exporting or dumping a database. Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> - 2012-08-10 22:42 +0200

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