Yeah i copied the entire ldap data directory and all the accounts and settings seem to be there. and found this in the log.
2006-05-23 16:55:57,565 INFO [main] [] soap - Servlet SoapServlet starting up
2006-05-23 16:55:57,601 INFO [main] [] soap - Adding service AccountService to SoapServlet
2006-05-23 16:55:57,705 INFO [main] [] soap - Adding service MailService to SoapServlet
2006-05-23 16:55:57,809 INFO [main] [] soap - Adding service IMService to SoapServlet
2006-05-23 16:55:57,816 INFO [main] [] misc - version=3.1.0_GA_332.DEBIAN3.1 release=20060414123555 builddate=20060414-1236 buildhost=build-debian.liquidsys.com
2006-05-23 16:55:57,817 INFO [main] [] misc - LANG environment is set to: C
2006-05-23 16:55:57,871 INFO [main] [] DbPool - Setting mysql connector property: maxActive=16
2006-05-23 16:55:58,585 INFO [main] [] extensions - Loading extensions from /opt/zimbra/lib/ext
2006-05-23 16:55:58,607 INFO [main] [] extensions - extension com.zimbra.clam.ClamScanner found in /opt/zimbra/lib/ext/clamscanner/clamscanner.jar
2006-05-23 16:55:58,607 INFO [main] [] extensions - Initializing extensions
2006-05-23 16:55:58,616 INFO [main] [] ClamScanner - attachment scan is disabled
2006-05-23 16:55:58,772 INFO [main] [] extensions - Initialized extension clamscanner:
com.zimbra.clam.ClamScanner@com.zimb...tensio n.ZimbraExtensionClassLoader@74cb02
2006-05-23 16:55:58,830 INFO [IndexWritersSweeper] [] MailboxIndex - IndexWritersSweeper thread starting
2006-05-23 16:55:58,853 INFO [main] [] RedoLogManager - Starting pre-startup crash recovery
2006-05-23 16:55:58,854 FATAL [main] [] RedoLogManager - Exception during crash recovery
2006-05-23 16:55:58,856 FATAL [main] [] system - Aborting process
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /opt/zimbra/redolog/redo.log (Permission denied)
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(Native Method)
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.
(RandomAccessFile.java:212)
at com.zimbra.cs.redolog.logger.FileLogWriter.open(Fi leLogWriter.java:188)
at com.zimbra.cs.redolog.RedoLogManager.start(RedoLog Manager.java:223)
at com.zimbra.cs.redolog.DefaultRedoLogProvider.start up(DefaultRedoLogProvider.java:51)
at com.zimbra.cs.util.Zimbra.startup(Zimbra.java:101)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapServlet.init(SoapServlet.java: 118)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.j ava:211)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServl et(StandardWrapper.java:1105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(Stan dardWrapper.java:932)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnSta rtup(StandardContext.java:3915)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(Sta ndardContext.java:4176)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInt ernal(ContainerBase.java:759)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(Co ntainerBase.java:739)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(Sta ndardHost.java:524)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirec tory(HostConfig.java:910)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirec tories(HostConfig.java:873)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps( HostConfig.java:474)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostC onfig.java:1118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEv ent(HostConfig.java:310)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLife cycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Conta inerBase.java:1020)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(Standa rdHost.java:718)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Conta inerBase.java:1012)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(Stan dardEngine.java:442)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(Sta ndardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(Stan dardServer.java:700)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalin a.java:551)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootst rap.java:275)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstr ap.java:413)
2006-05-23 16:58:20,796 INFO [main] [] soap - Servlet SoapServlet starting up
2006-05-23 16:58:20,820 INFO [main] [] soap - Adding service AccountService to SoapServlet
2006-05-23 16:58:20,884 INFO [main] [] soap - Adding service MailService to SoapServlet
2006-05-23 16:58:21,057 INFO [main] [] soap - Adding service IMService to SoapServlet
2006-05-23 16:58:21,064 INFO [main] [] misc - version=3.1.0_GA_332.DEBIAN3.1 release=20060414123555 builddate=20060414-1236 buildhost=build-debian.liquidsys.com
2006-05-23 16:58:21,065 INFO [main] [] misc - LANG environment is set to: C
2006-05-23 16:58:21,148 INFO [main] [] DbPool - Setting mysql connector property: maxActive=16
2006-05-23 16:58:21,601 FATAL [main] [] system - Config initialization failed
com.zimbra.cs.service.ServiceException: system failure: getting database connection
at com.zimbra.cs.service.ServiceException.FAILURE(Ser viceException.java:131)
at com.zimbra.cs.db.DbPool.getConnection(DbPool.java: 283)
at com.zimbra.cs.util.Config.init(Config.java:69)
at com.zimbra.cs.util.Config.initConfig(Config.java:9 6)
at com.zimbra.cs.util.Config.getString(Config.java:10 8)
at com.zimbra.cs.db.Versions.checkDBVersion(Versions. java:87)
at com.zimbra.cs.db.Versions.checkVersions(Versions.j ava:82)
at com.zimbra.cs.util.Zimbra.startup(Zimbra.java:90)
at com.zimbra.soap.SoapServlet.init(SoapServlet.java: 118)
at javax.servlet.GenericServlet.init(GenericServlet.j ava:211)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServl et(StandardWrapper.java:1105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(Stan dardWrapper.java:932)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnSta rtup(StandardContext.java:3915)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(Sta ndardContext.java:4176)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInt ernal(ContainerBase.java:759)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(Co ntainerBase.java:739)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(Sta ndardHost.java:524)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirec tory(HostConfig.java:910)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDirec tories(HostConfig.java:873)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps( HostConfig.java:474)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.start(HostC onfig.java:1118)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEv ent(HostConfig.java:310)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLife cycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:119)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Conta inerBase.java:1020)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(Standa rdHost.java:718)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(Conta inerBase.java:1012)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(Stan dardEngine.java:442)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(Sta ndardService.java:450)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(Stan dardServer.java:700)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalin a.java:551)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootst rap.java:275)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstr ap.java:413)
Caused by: org.apache.commons.dbcp.SQLNestedException: Connect failed, cause: Could not create a validated object
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDriver.connect(Pool ingDriver.java:175)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager .java:525)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager .java:193)
at com.zimbra.cs.db.DbPool.getConnection(DbPool.java: 274)
... 34 more
Caused by: java.util.NoSuchElementException: Could not create a validated object
at org.apache.commons.pool.impl.GenericObjectPool.bor rowObject(GenericObjectPool.java:851)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp.PoolingDriver.connect(Pool ingDriver.java:171)
... 37 more