RHDS - Export is failing because of a database corruption.
Issue
An export of a database fails with the following message:
# db2ldif -Z <INSTANCE_NAME> -n <DATABASE_NAME> -a /var/tmp/export.ldif
Exported ldif file: /var/tmp/export.ldif
ldiffile: /var/tmp/export.ldif
...
[25/Oct/2018:19:09:42.996156979 +0300] - ERR - libdb - BDB0060 PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
[25/Oct/2018:19:09:42.998164803 +0300] - CRIT - dblayer_start - Opening database environment (/var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-<INSTANCE_NAME>/db) failed. err=-30973: BDB0087 DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
[25/Oct/2018:19:09:43.001848165 +0300] - ERR - ldbm_back_ldbm2ldif - db2ldif: Failed to init database
[25/Oct/2018:19:09:43.013269971 +0300] - INFO - dblayer_pre_close - All database threads now stopped
#
Starting with RHDS 11 ( RHEL 8 ), the command for an offline export is:
# dsctl <INSTANCE> db2ldif <BACKEND> /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-<INSTANCE>/ldif/<FILE>.ldif
Environment
Red Hat Directory Server 12
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x
Red Hat Directory Server 11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x
Red Hat Directory Server 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
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