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.SH NAME 
verify-db.pl - Directory Server perl script for verifying the database.
.SH SYNOPSIS
verify-db.pl [\-Z serverID] [ \-a path ] [\-h]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Verifies the backend database files. If the server crashes because of a corrupted database, this script can be used to verify the integrity of the different database files to help isolate any problems. 
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below:
.TP
.B \fB\-Z\fR \fIServer Identifier\fR
The server ID of the Directory Server instance.  If there is only 
one instance on the system, this option can be skipped.
.TP
.B \fB\-a\fR \fIpath\fR
Gives the path to the database directory. If this option is not passed with the verify-db.pl command, then it uses the default database directory, /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/db. 
.TP
.B \fB\-h\fR 
.br
Display usage
.SH EXAMPLE
.TP
verify-db.pl \-Z instance2 \-a /var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-instance2/db
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is zero if no errors occur.  Errors result in a 
non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written 
to standard error.
.SH AUTHOR
verify-db.pl was written by the 389 Project.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to https://fedorahosted.org/389/newticket.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
