Csdb rebuild problem

Hi
version: Sun Java(tm) System Calendar Server 6.3-1.01 (built Apr 24 2007)
Im receiving an error when rebuilding csdb:
+# ./csdb rebuild+
error creating rebuilt_db: -5966
Calendar database rebuild failed, error = -1
Here are debug logs:
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: Successfully loaded plugin /opt/SUNWics5/cal/lib/plugins/cs_caldb_berkeley.so of type 5+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: csCalendarLookupAlg::Init. caldb.cld.type != algorithmic. Exiting.+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: Successfully loaded plugin /opt/SUNWics5/cal/lib/plugins/cs_calendarlookupalg.so of type 6+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: csCalendarLookup::Init.+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: csCalendarLookup::Init - Creating LDAP Pool context for LDAP CLD.+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: csCalendarLookup::Init - LDAP Pool context: Admin DN ='uid=cal-admin-server.example.com-200708211328,ou=People,o=mail.example.com,o=isp', Admin Passwd=******, LDAP Host=lb.example.com, LDAP Base DN='o=mail.example.com,o=isp', LDAP Port=389.+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: Successfully loaded plugin /opt/SUNWics5/cal/lib/plugins/cs_calendarlookupds.so of type 6+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: Successfully loaded plugin /opt/SUNWics5/cal/lib/plugins/cs_calendarlookuplocal.so of type 6+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: Successfully loaded plugin /opt/SUNWics5/cal/lib/plugins/cs_datatranslatorcsv.so of type 3+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: Successfully loaded plugin /opt/SUNWics5/cal/lib/plugins/cs_emitter_ical.so of type 7+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: Successfully loaded plugin /opt/SUNWics5/cal/lib/plugins/cs_emitter_xml.so of type 7+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb: Opening database: Events+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb: Opening database: Todos+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb: Opening database: CalProps+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb: Opening database: Alarms+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb: Opening database: Journal+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb: Opening database: GSE+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb: Opening database: Recurrence+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb: Opening database: DeleteLog+
+[27/Sep/2007:11:34:17 -0400] server csdb[16844]: General Debug: caldb_pvt_OpenDBInstance: NOT Initializing - no call to cld_init().+
Any idea what could be going on here?
-Matt
Edited by: mattrobert on Sep 27, 2007 8:50 AM
Edited by: mattrobert on Sep 27, 2007 8:52 AM

Hi,
version: Sun Java(tm) System Calendar Server 6.3-1.01 (built Apr 24 2007)
Im receiving an error when rebuilding csdb:
+# ./csdb rebuild+
error creating rebuilt_db: -5966
Calendar database rebuild failed, error = -1
From memory (don't have access to cal 6.3 system at the moment) the directory that you run csdb in doesn't have the correct permissions to allow for the creation of a rebuilt_db directory.
I recommend creating a directory manually elsewhere, making sure the permissions are set to the owner:group used by calendar server (e.g. icsuser:icsgroup) and run the csdb command but specify the destination directory:
./csdb rebuild <calendar database directory> <destination directory>
e.g.
./csdb rebuild /var/opt/SUNWics5/csdb /tmp/rebuild_db/
If that doesn't help you may need to truss the command to see whether there was a failure in the creation of a directory/file or whatever.
Regards,
Shane.

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My Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard, had hard drive failure so I had to borrow a friends similar machine to access my iPhoto library ( 523 GB) on a 1TB drive
after editing the photos and after exporting one folder of images the program quit and the asked me to repair which i tried …it hung up at 99% and would not open the event thumbnails .I have tried everything trying to transfer the particular event from the library to a new library using Iphoto Manager just so I can work on my project but still no success as IPLM is telling me that it is getting no info from the library, I changed permissions on the drive ..still no success .
I opened it using IPLM and it took hours to show the images but all events said "0" and it shows all the event cover photos as a gray photo with a palm tree in it or something . I tried rebuilding again this morning and the new library says "0" photos and a library size of 7.3 mb . There
really seems to be a serious problem with Iphoto 9.3 as it
asks you to rebuild or repair the library then IPLM stops at 99% leaving
the thumbnails
unviewable and just hangs up after that or wont open and there the problems start.
Please advise and give me some viable options on this issue."
Its days later and the support at Fat Cat software emailed me asking a question and are apparently just as floored as I am with this malfunction ..I hope they are working feverishly to address this as my conclusion and solution is as follows :
Using the older version of Iphoto Library Manager when my machine asked me to upgrade and rebuild instead of the first aid function in Iphoto 9.3 did not help but actually corrupted my library and downloading the latest version did not help remedy it either. What I should have done and am now doing is using the Iphoto first Aid function in Mountain Lion and Iphoto 9.3 using option command to rebuild the entire library. So far it is working with no hangups ...it is now rebuilding image version number 6715 and counting with 33000+ images to go ..if this solution really rebuilds then that is the ONLY way to go with this issue which has cost me a lot of time and money in missed deadlines , lost income and lost business . Iphoto and Iphoto Library manager are normally great in what their purposes are and in ease of use and function but whenawry with compatibility in version software issues arise things go terribly awry and the tedious painstaking fixes available that go for days on end just do not cut it.

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