exception: db already exists with different case other: [LayerBehaviourTest] me [layerBehaviourTest]

[stask]

Hi,
Somehow we managed to create two databases with same name but
different case on our mongodb server (see subject). Is there a way to
workaround this error?
The database is working properly, the error occurs only when we try to
run "show dbs". Also, this error is only happening when we run the
"show dbs" on master, no error on slave.

Version: 1.5.4.
1 master and 1 slave.

Thanks,

[Eliot Horowitz]

you should
1) shutdown mongod
2) mv one of the 2 db's raw files into a different directory
3) restart mongod

then you can bring up another mongod with the other data files if you
want to merge

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[stask]

Hi Eliot,
The issue is that we only have files for the first DB
(LayerBehaviourTest), i don't see any raw files for the second db
('layerBehaviourTest'), but the 'show dbs' still produces the error.

[Eliot Horowitz]

You may have to restart mongod - looking to see if we've fixed that yet.

[stask]

Yep, all good after the restart. Thanks a lot.