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1.3.1 Prepare to Convert Databases
As of PMDF V6.5, the format of PMDF databases has changed from Berkeley
DB (SleepyCat) to PBL. If you are upgrading from V6.4 or earlier, you
must either convert or rebuild all of your databases. Before the
upgrade, there are several steps you must take to prepare for the
database format change.
If you do not have sources for databases that you wish to use pmdf crdb
to rebuild after the upgrade, you must run pmdf dumpdb
on those databases before the upgrade to generate the corresponding
sources.
Databases created by pmdf db
, such as personal alias databases, can best be handled by before the upgrade using the pmdf db write
command to create a source file, and then after the upgrade using the pmdf db run
command on that source file to create the database in the current
format.
1.3.2 Save Tailor File
If you have made any changes to your PMDF tailor file (/etc/pmdf_tailor
), you must save this file before you upgrade because
it will be overwritten by the installation.
After upgrading, you should check the new pmdf_tailor
file and merge in any changes that you made to your version of the file.
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