From 36fd6bf8a1d32d9c4c82b9174d70573f1d0d0ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ebner <simon.ebner@psi.ch>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:56:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add rpm troubleshooting info

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 _toc.yml                           |  1 +
 admin-guide/troubleshooting/rpm.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 admin-guide/troubleshooting/rpm.md

diff --git a/_toc.yml b/_toc.yml
index 9e8e4339..2e85fd1d 100644
--- a/_toc.yml
+++ b/_toc.yml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ chapters:
           - file: admin-guide/troubleshooting/processes
           - file: admin-guide/troubleshooting/pcie_bus_error
           - file: admin-guide/troubleshooting/puppet
+          - file: admin-guide/troubleshooting/rpm
       - file: admin-guide/virtual_machines
       - file: admin-guide/container
       - file: admin-guide/certificates
diff --git a/admin-guide/troubleshooting/rpm.md b/admin-guide/troubleshooting/rpm.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2472453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin-guide/troubleshooting/rpm.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# RPM
+
+## Fix Broken RPM Database
+### Error
+```bash
+error: rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 27704/139786043250496 failed: BDB1507 Thread died in Berkeley DB library  
+error: db5 error(-30973) from dbenv->failchk: BDB0087 DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery  
+error: cannot open Packages index using db5 - (-30973)  
+error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm  
+CRITICAL:yum.main:  
+  
+Error: rpmdb open failed
+```
+
+## Fix
+1. Rebuild RPM Database:
+    ```
+    rpm --rebuilddb
+    ```
+2. re-run puppet
+
+Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53112493/how-do-i-recover-a-corrupted-dnf-database
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