Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Administration Guide

Compacting a Suffix

Directory Server 6.3 supports the compaction of suffixes offline. Online compaction is not supported in this release. If storage space is available, compacting a suffix reduces the size of the database by reorganizing the database keys.

ProcedureTo Compact a Suffix Offline

Stop the server and backup your database before performing this task.

  1. Compact the required suffix.


    $ dsadm repack instance-path suffix-dn
    

    All .db3 files related to the specified suffix are compacted.

    If you run this command with the -b option, you can specify a back end database name, instead of a suffix DN. At least one suffix, or one back end must be specified.