Comments on: rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/ Words of wisdom from a server administrator Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:09:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Deeapkhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15981 Deeapk Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:34:00 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15981 Thanks dude, It was really Helpfull Thanks dude,
It was really Helpfull

]]> By: Online Fernwartunghttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15905 Online Fernwartung Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:48:35 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15905 Thanks, that was really helpful... Thanks, that was really helpful...

]]> By: Joe Hanishhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15903 Joe Hanish Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:29:14 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15903 I can see you've heard this before, but thanks for the wisdom. You rock! Worked like a charm. I can see you've heard this before, but thanks for the wisdom. You rock! Worked like a charm.

]]> By: Gavinhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15836 Gavin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:50:27 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15836 Thanks saved me alot of head scratching. Thanks saved me alot of head scratching.

]]> By: Major Haydenhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15697 Major Hayden Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:56:07 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15697 picca - Glad I could help.The actual culprit is rpm, but it manifests itself in yum since yum relies on rpm to operate. ;-) picca - Glad I could help.

The actual culprit is rpm, but it manifests itself in yum since yum relies on rpm to operate. ;-)

]]> By: piccahttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15694 picca Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:09:18 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15694 Yay! Thank you <em>very</em> much! Yum sucks really hard. Yay! Thank you very much! Yum sucks really hard.

]]> By: Recuperando base de dados RPM « Net Solution – Soluções Tecnológicashttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15693 Recuperando base de dados RPM « Net Solution – Soluções Tecnológicas Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:32:00 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15693 [...] Fonte: Racker Hacker [...] [...] Fonte: Racker Hacker [...]

]]> By: chussenothttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15615 chussenot Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:15:50 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15615 working for me too ! thanks a lot ! working for me too ! thanks a lot !

]]> By: Philip Lowmanhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15571 Philip Lowman Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:47:20 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15571 Thank you for posting this helpful workaround, but this seems an unacceptable flaw in the RPM/YUM stack.Why YUM and/or RPM can't simply remove the stale entries in this Lock table before the RPM DB becomes unusable is beyond me... Thank you for posting this helpful workaround, but this seems an unacceptable flaw in the RPM/YUM stack.

Why YUM and/or RPM can't simply remove the stale entries in this Lock table before the RPM DB becomes unusable is beyond me...

]]> By: Marcohttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15535 Marco Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:57:44 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15535 Brilliant! Helped in avoiding a complete reinstall!... ;-) Brilliant! Helped in avoiding a complete reinstall!... ;-)

]]> By: milanohttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15522 milano Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:20:18 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15522 Brilliant! Thank you! Brilliant! Thank you!

]]> By: majorhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15432 major Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:56:14 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15432 Wow, I'm really glad I wrote this post. :-) Wow, I'm really glad I wrote this post. :-)

]]> By: tom3khttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15431 tom3k Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:54:37 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15431 thanks for the tip! thanks for the tip!

]]> By: vaLntinehttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15429 vaLntine Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:03:45 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15429 RHEL Sucks but Rackerhacker r0x it. Thanks for the tip. RHEL Sucks but Rackerhacker r0x it. Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: NOBhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15406 NOB Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:48:35 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15406 If you have to implement a published change in time and you suddenly face this problem you are very happy, indeed, to find this working solution.Thanks a lot If you have to implement a published change in time and you suddenly face
this problem you are very happy, indeed, to find this working solution.

Thanks a lot

]]> By: Mark Krenzhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15377 Mark Krenz Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:46:39 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15377 A long time ago on a much older version of RedHat (7.x or 8.x series I think), this would happen quite often and you'd have to rebuild the database all the time. For a while, its been fine, now suddenly I'm running into this problem again on RHEL 5 systems. Maybe its a bug regression or something. A long time ago on a much older version of RedHat (7.x or 8.x series I think), this would happen quite often and you'd have to rebuild the database all the time. For a while, its been fine, now suddenly I'm running into this problem again on RHEL 5 systems. Maybe its a bug regression or something.

]]> By: Conchurhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15376 Conchur Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:07:40 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15376 Thanks for this, fixed one of our servers that was failing to run a cPanel EasyApache update. Tips like these are invaluable to desperate Googlers! Thanks for this, fixed one of our servers that was failing to run a cPanel EasyApache update. Tips like these are invaluable to desperate Googlers!

]]> By: rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entrieshttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15375 rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:18:55 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15375 [...] 參考來源 : rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries [...] [...] 參考來源 : rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries [...]

]]> By: Danielhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15373 Daniel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:42:16 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15373 Many thanks, you saved my night :)Daniel Many thanks, you saved my night :)

Daniel

]]> By: Matthttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15347 Matt Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:46:07 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15347 Thanks for the fix, I'm not sure if this was the case with other people, and the reason why it started showing up more frequently recently, but my server uptime is nearing 3 years and this problem just showed up. Could be totally unrelated! Thanks for the fix, I'm not sure if this was the case with other people, and the reason why it started showing up more frequently recently, but my server uptime is nearing 3 years and this problem just showed up. Could be totally unrelated!

]]> By: wildbillhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15344 wildbill Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:06:51 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15344 Thx! this really helps Thx! this really helps

]]> By: danielhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15330 daniel Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:50:55 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15330 muchas gracias desde chile. thanks muchas gracias desde chile. thanks

]]> By: Stephhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15030 Steph Fri, 15 May 2009 09:27:58 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-15030 Thanks a lot it helps me a lot :) Thanks a lot it helps me a lot :)

]]> By: oilcanharryhttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-14801 oilcanharry Sun, 10 May 2009 12:35:21 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-14801 "tar cvzf rpmdb-backup.tar.gz /var/lib/rpm"Now which file(s) do I delete that I backed up? Is it...__db.001 __db.002 __db.003Thanks. "tar cvzf rpmdb-backup.tar.gz /var/lib/rpm"

Now which file(s) do I delete that I backed up? Is it...

__db.001
__db.002
__db.003

Thanks.

]]> By: Kylehttp://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-14051 Kyle Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:45:50 +0000 http://rackerhacker.com/2007/05/27/rpmdb-lock-table-is-out-of-available-locker-entries/#comment-14051 @Trophaeum:Because other package management tools don't use DBs that could have locking issues? @Trophaeum:

Because other package management tools don't use DBs that could have locking issues?

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