DB_LOG_VERIFY(1) BerkeleyDB Utilities DB_LOG_VERIFY(1)
NAME
db_log_verify - Verify log files of a database environment
SYNOPSIS
db_log_verify [-cNvV] [-h home-to-verify] [-H temporary-home] [-P pass-
word] [-C cache-size] [-b start-lsn] [-e end-lsn] [-s start-time] [-z
end-time] [-d database-filename] [-D database-name]
DESCRIPTION
The db_log_verify utility verifies the log files of a specific database
environment. This utility verifies a specific range of log records, or
changed log records of a specific database.
OPTIONS
-C cache-size
Specify the cache size (in megabytes) of the temporary database
environment internally used during the log verification.
-b start-lsn
Specify the starting log record (by lsn) to verify.
-c Specify whether to continue the verification after an error is
detected. If not specified, the verification stops when the
first error is detected.
-D database-name
Specify a database name. Only log records related to this data-
base are verified.
-d database-filename
Specify a database file name. Only log records related this
database file are verified.
-e end-lsn
Specify the ending log record by lsn.
-h home-to-verify
Specify a home directory of the database environment whose log
is to be verified.
-H temporary-home
Specify a home directory for this utility to create a temporar-
ily database environment to store runtime data during the veri-
fication.
It is an error to specify the same directory as the -h option.
If this directory is not specified, all temporary databases cre-
ated during the verification will be in-memory, which is not a
problem if the log files to verify are not huge.
-N Do not acquire shared region mutexes while running. Other prob-
lems, such as potentially fatal errors in Berkeley DB, are
ignored as well. This option is intended only for debugging
errors, and should not be used under any other circumstances.
-P password
Specify an environment password. Although Berkeley DB utilities
overwrite password strings as soon as possible, there may be a
window of vulnerability on systems where unprivileged users can
see command-line arguments or where utilities are not able to
overwrite the memory containing the command-line arguments.
-s start-time
Specify the starting log record by time. The time range speci-
fied is not precise because the lsn of the most recent time
point is used as the starting lsn.
-V Write the library version number to the standard output and
exit.
-v Enable verbose mode to display verbose output during the verifi-
cation process.
-z end-time
Specify the ending log record by time. The time range specified
is not precise because the lsn of the most recent time point is
used as the ending lsn.
To specify a range of log records, you must provide either an lsn range
or a time range. You can neither specify both nor specify an lsn and a
time as a range.
If the log footprint is over several megabytes, specify a home direc-
tory and a big cache size for log verification internal use. Else, the
process' private memory may be exhausted before the verification com-
pletes.
The db_log_verify utility does not perform the locking function, even
in Berkeley DB environments that are configured with a locking subsys-
tem. All errors are written to stderr, and all normal and verbose mes-
sages are written to stdout.
The db_log_verify utility uses a Berkeley DB environment (as described
for the -h option, the environment variable DB_HOME, or because the
utility was run in a directory containing a Berkeley DB environment).
In order to avoid environment corruption when using a Berkeley DB envi-
ronment, db_log_verify should always be given the chance to detach from
the environment and exit gracefully. To cause db_log_verify to release
all environment resources and exit cleanly, send it an interrupt signal
(SIGINT).
EXIT STATUS
The db_log_verify utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error
occurs.
ENVIRONMENT
DB_HOME
If the -h option is not specified and the environment variable
DB_HOME is set, it is used as the path of the database home, as
described in DB_ENV->open.
NOTES
If the application(s) that use the environment make use of the
DB_ENV->set_lg_dir method, then in order for this utility to run cor-
rectly, you need a DB_CONFIG file which sets the proper paths using the
set_lg_dir configuration parameter.
SEE ALSO
db_archive(1) db_checkpoint(1) db_deadlock(1) db_dump(1) db_hot-
backup(1) db_load(1) db_printlog(1) db_recover(1) db_replicate(1)
db_stat(1) db_tuner(1) db_upgrade(1) db_verify(1)
BerkeleyDB 5.3.21 06 December 2016 DB_LOG_VERIFY(1)