You should
always slapcat your directory prior to upgrading a Berkeley DB backend.
This poor chap didn't, but he was lucky as he still had access to his original setup:
Upgrading my OpenLDAP BDB Backend
Some users don't and that will be very hard when trying to
migrate from Openldap 1.2.x (why he's on that ancient version, I don't know

).
Users always seem to get hit by this, but it is documented:
How do I backup my directory?
Gavin.
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