Messaging server "testing" config directory instance

Question

So I'm noticing a lot of binds and searches from Messaging to it's config DS instance and was just curious as to if there's a pattern? My production box seems to test anywhere from every minute to as long as 4 minutes apart, however a test box (at the same patch level as prod) it only tests every 10 minutes (or right along with msprobe). The prod box has the same configutil for msprobe so I can't figure out why the prod messaging is continuously doing this:
[06/Feb/2007:09:44:59 -0500] conn=1504753 op=0 msgId=1 - BIND dn="cn=msg-config, cn=Sun ONE Messaging Suite, cn=Server Group, cn=mail.domain.edu, ou=domain.edu, o=NetscapeRoot" method=128 version=2
[06/Feb/2007:09:44:59 -0500] conn=1504753 op=0 msgId=1 - RESULT err=0 tag=97 nentries=0 etime=0 dn="cn=msg-config,cn=sun one messaging suite,cn=server group,cn=mail.domain.edu,ou=domain.edu,o=netscaperoot"
[06/Feb/2007:09:44:59 -0500] conn=1504753 op=1 msgId=2 - SRCH base="cn=configuration,cn=msg-config,cn=sun one messaging suite,cn=server group,cn=mail.domain.edu,ou=domain.edu,o=netscaperoot" scope=2 filter="(objectClass=*)" attrs=ALL
[06/Feb/2007:09:44:59 -0500] conn=1504753 op=1 msgId=2 - RESULT err=0 tag=101 nentries=39 etime=0
[06/Feb/2007:09:44:59 -0500] conn=1504753 op=2 msgId=3 - UNBIND
[06/Feb/2007:09:44:59 -0500] conn=1504753 op=2 msgId=-1 - closing - U1
[06/Feb/2007:09:44:59 -0500] conn=1504753 op=-1 msgId=-1 - closed.
Sure there's a LOT more traffic to production than test, but I wasn't aware that it was traffic dependent. This is also a backend store - the two front ends we have which are config'd for MMP/MEM do not look for the config ds other than at startu/shutdown.
Version:
Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)
libimta.so 6.2-7.05 (built 12:18:44, Sep 5 2006)
Is this typical? Is this configurable to stop it from checking so frequently/sporadically? Is this something I need to worry about?

Answer 1

Hi,
will get stopped and restarted. When they get
restarted, they will query the config ldap. Has
nothing to do with msprobe, but does have to do with
the load on the system. the tcp server/clients live
for a number of hours, or number of connections. . .
This all changes with 6.3.In case you were wondering, version 6.3 of messaging server does away with the configuration directory, and stores the same settings locally. That is why Jay says it changes with 6.3.
Regards,
Shane.