8.3. Verifying Indexes

You can verify that indexes correspond to current directory data, and that indexes do not contain errors using the verify-index command.

Example 8.8. Verify Index

The following example verifies the cn (common name) index for completeness and for errors.

$ verify-index
 --baseDN dc=example,dc=com
 --index cn
 --clean
 --countErrors
[07/Jun/2011:16:06:50 +0200] category=BACKEND severity=INFORMATION
 msgID=9437595 msg=Local DB backend userRoot does not specify the number of
 lock tables: defaulting to 97
[07/Jun/2011:16:06:50 +0200] category=BACKEND severity=INFORMATION
 msgID=9437594 msg=Local DB backend userRoot does not specify the number of
 cleaner threads: defaulting to 24 threads
[07/Jun/2011:16:06:51 +0200] category=JEB severity=NOTICE msgID=8847461
 msg=Checked 1316 records and found 0 error(s) in 0 seconds
 (average rate 2506.7/sec)
[07/Jun/2011:16:06:51 +0200] category=JEB severity=INFORMATION
 msgID=8388710 msg=Number of records referencing more than one entry: 315
[07/Jun/2011:16:06:51 +0200] category=JEB severity=INFORMATION
 msgID=8388711 msg=Number of records that exceed the entry limit: 0
[07/Jun/2011:16:06:51 +0200] category=JEB severity=INFORMATION
 msgID=8388712 msg=Average number of entries referenced is 1.58/record
[07/Jun/2011:16:06:51 +0200] category=JEB severity=INFORMATION
 msgID=8388713 msg=Maximum number of entries referenced by any
 record is 32

Ignore the messages regarding lock tables and cleaner threads. The important information is whether any errors are found in the indexes.