ctl_cyrusdb -r takes too long

[Jatin Nansi]

Hi,

This is for cyrus gurus and for record:

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Dec 13 20:10:21 mail3 master[4574]: process started
Dec 13 20:10:21 mail3 master[4575]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/ctl_cyrusdb
Dec 13 20:10:21 mail3 ctl_cyrusdb[4575]: recovering cyrus databases
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 ctl_cyrusdb[4575]: done recovering cyrus databases
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 master[4574]: ready for work
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 master[4979]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/ctl_cyrusdb
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 master[4982]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/imapd
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 master[4983]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/imapd
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 master[4984]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/lmtpd
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 master[4985]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/lmtpd
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 master[4981]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/tls_prune
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 master[4980]: about to exec /usr/cyrus/bin/ctl_deliver
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 ctl_cyrusdb[4979]: checkpointing cyrus databases
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 lmtpunix[4985]: executed
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 lmtp[4984]: executed
Dec 14 06:15:11 mail3 tls_prune[4981]: mydelete: starting txn 2147483653
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Will ctl_cyrusdb -r take 10 hours ? I dread the day when the system will 
need downtime again.

This is on a decent 2 x P3 1 GHz with 100 GB scsi raid and 1 GB RAM, 
about 2000 users, 50 MB per user.

I really need reboot times to be between 5 to 10 minutes, as against 10 
hours. I will set the checkpoint period to 5 minutes as per the FAQ, but 
are there any other pointers ?

Jatin




Jatin Nansi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a cyrus IMAP system here which is taking way too long to start 
> up, stopping just at ctl_cyrusdb -r. There does not seem to be any 
> activity going on, but ctl_cyrusdb just doesnot exit.
>
> I am running cyrus-imapd-2.1.8 on a redhat 7.3 system. The backend 
> database is DB3.
>
> I need some directions on what could be wrong and where ? Is it normal 
> for ctl_cyrusdb -r to take as much as 1 hr (and still running) to
> finish ?
>
> Jatin
>