[389-users] archive2db: Failed to read backup file set. Either the directory specified doesn't exist, or it exists but doesn't contain a valid backup set, or file permissions prevent the server reading the backup set. error=53 (Invalid request descriptor)

[Graham Leggett]

Hi all,

I am now trying to use the bak2db.pl script in an effort to restore a backup as follows,
and receive the error below. Can anyone point out what I am doing wrong?

(I had to manually hack the bak2db.pl script to change the host to localhost, the script
blindly assumes the box is accessible on port 389 when it is not)

[root@joey ~]# /usr/lib64/dirsrv/slapd-serverc/bak2db.pl -v -D "cn=Directory
Manager" -j /etc/dirsrv/slapd-serverc.secret -a /tmp/replicate/userRoot/ -n userRoot
ldap_initialize( ldap://localhost:389 )
add objectclass:
	top
	extensibleObject
add cn:
	restore_2014_5_5_15_14_40
add nsInstance:
	userRoot
add nsArchiveDir:
	/tmp/replicate/userRoot/
add nsDatabaseType:
	ldbm database
adding new entry "cn=restore_2014_5_5_15_14_40, cn=restore, cn=tasks,
cn=config"
modify complete

So far so good.

In the logfile:

[05/May/2014:15:14:39 +0200] - Beginning restore to 'ldbm database'
[05/May/2014:15:14:39 +0200] - Warning: Unable to read dbversion file in
/tmp/replicate/userRoot
[05/May/2014:15:14:39 +0200] - Bringing userRoot offline...
[05/May/2014:15:14:39 +0200] NSMMReplicationPlugin - multimaster_be_state_change: replica
o=wired,c=za is going offline; disabling replication
[05/May/2014:15:14:40 +0200] - Waiting for 4 database threads to stop
[05/May/2014:15:14:41 +0200] - All database threads now stopped
[05/May/2014:15:14:41 +0200] - Restore: backup directory /tmp/replicate/userRoot does not
exist.
[05/May/2014:15:14:41 +0200] - archive2db: Failed to read backup file set. Either the
directory specified doesn't exist, or it exists but doesn't contain a valid backup
set, or file permissions prevent the server reading the backup set.  error=53 (Invalid
request descriptor)
[05/May/2014:15:14:41 +0200] NSMMReplicationPlugin - multimaster_be_state_change: replica
o=wired,c=za is coming online; enabling replication
[05/May/2014:15:14:41 +0200] - Restore finished.

Yes, the directory does exist:

[root@joey ~]# ls -al /tmp/replicate/userRoot
total 239624
drwx------. 2 nobody nobody      4096 May  5 12:08 .
drwx------. 4 nobody nobody      4096 May  5 12:08 ..
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody        49 May  5 12:08 DBVERSION
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 aci.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody   2482176 May  5 12:08 ancestorid.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 associatedDomain.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 certificateUUID.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody  24117248 May  5 12:08 cn.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 contractClass.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 contractCustomerCounterparty.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 contractRecipientCounterparty.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 contractVendorCounterparty.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody  22487040 May  5 12:08 entryrdn.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody   5316608 May  5 12:08 givenName.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 hushkeyAddress.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 hushkeyReference.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody 159891456 May  5 12:08 id2entry.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 ipHostNumber.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody  11468800 May  5 12:08 mail.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     40960 May  5 12:08 mailAlternateAddress.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     24576 May  5 12:08 mailHost.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 memberCertificateIssuerDN.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 memberCertificateSubjectDN.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 nscpEntryDN.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody   6430720 May  5 12:08 nsuniqueid.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     24576 May  5 12:08 numsubordinates.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody   2473984 May  5 12:08 objectclass.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 owner.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody    802816 May  5 12:08 parentid.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody   5308416 May  5 12:08 sn.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody     16384 May  5 12:08 uid.db4
-rw-------. 1 nobody nobody   4243456 May  5 12:08 uniquemember.db4

Anyone see any reason why this wouldn't work?

Regards,
Graham
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