jabberd processes occasionally failing to start with 'db: couldn't open environment: DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch'

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Issue

  • Occasionally jabberd c2s and sm processes are not starting after performing a Satellite database backup
  • /var/log/messages contains:
Feb 11 04:58:17 satellite jabberd/c2s[29232]: loading 'db' authreg module
Feb 11 04:58:18 satellite jabberd/c2s[29232]: db: couldn't open environment: DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch
Feb 11 04:58:18 satellite jabberd/c2s[29232]: failed to initialize auth module 'db'
  • Manually restarting jabberd resolves the issue.

Environment

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.4 and 5.5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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