This is beyond bad: Here is what I did now: I copied my backup dir into: <pre class="Preformatted"> serverRoot/slapd- serverID/bak/ backup_name So when you click retore button it actually find the name of back and directory and yet it will produce error53 (failed to read the backup file set from....) Here is ls -al from /tmp/2007_backup -rwxrwxrwx 1 ldapds ldapds 18 Oct 18 14:17 DBVERSION -rwxrwxrwx 1 ldapds ldapds 50218 Oct 18 14:17 dse_index.ldif -rwxrwxrwx 1 ldapds ldapds 1211 Oct 18 14:17 dse_instance.ldif -rwxrwxrwx 1 ldapds ldapds 4070917 Oct 18 14:17 log.0000000749 drwxrwxrwx 2 ldapds ldapds 4096 Oct 18 14:17 NetscapeRoot drwxrwxrwx 2 ldapds ldapds 4096 Oct 18 14:17 PolicySvr4 drwxrwxrwx 2 ldapds ldapds 4096 Oct 18 14:17 userRoot If you specify /tmp/2007_bak as restore dir you get error 53 You can specify /tmp/2007_bak/NetscapeRoot....etc all 3 subdir and it will work Yet!!! here is what you get in error log [24/Oct/2007:13:34:45 -0500] - Warning: config backup file dse_instance.ldif not found in backup [24/Oct/2007:13:34:45 -0500] - Warning: config backup file dse_index.ldif not found in back No kiiding they are in top level dir. I wounder if this ever worked? </pre> <div>On 10/24/07, Richard Megginson <<a href="mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com">rmeggins@redhat.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Linux Admin wrote: > Thanks Richard and George, > Here is what I have tired: > I tried restoring from both: > 1. Export/Import from ldif file: > backup all the subtrees and get a lot of rejects on this restore How did you do the import? > 2. Backup/Restore: > Backup creates a directory of my choosing with 2 ldif > files and 3 subderectories: > userRoot NetscapeRoot and one more subdir for my app > all 3 subdirs have db4 files Can you post an ls -lR of the backup directory? > Restoring: if I specify the top leve back directory (same as I use > during backup process) I get error 53 (cannot read dir) Check the server error log. > Restore will take 3 subdirectires (netacpre root or userRoot) and will > run OK. but then it stops working, you can not log in or on restart > admin server would not start. > > > On 10/24/07, *Richard Megginson* <<a href="mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com">rmeggins@redhat.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:rmeggins@redhat.com">rmeggins@redhat.com </a>>> wrote: > > Linux Admin wrote: > > If I want to do through GUI: which option do I use: > Backup/Restore or > > Import/Export > Backup creates a binary backup of your entire database. > Export creates an LDIF (ASCII) dump of the database you specify > (userRoot or NetscapeRoot). > > When I sued Backup....I tried to restore into vanilla LDAP > specifying > > the top level directory which contains NetascapeRoot and userRoot > > subdirs, I get error 53 (failed to read the backup file set) > Can you provide more information about what directory you put your > backup in, what directory you told it to restore from, etc. > > > > > > On 10/18/07, *Linux Admin* < <a href="mailto:sysadmin.linux@gmail.com">sysadmin.linux@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:sysadmin.linux@gmail.com">sysadmin.linux@gmail.com </a>> > > <mailto:<a href="mailto:sysadmin.linux@gmail.com">sysadmin.linux@gmail.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:sysadmin.linux@gmail.com">sysadmin.linux@gmail.com</a>>>> wrote: > > > > Please forgive the newbee question here. > > What is the best way to backup/dump--restore/import a fedora > ldap > > server > > (without downtime) > > TIA > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > > <a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com">Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com">Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com</a>> > > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users</a> > <<a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users</a>> > > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com"> Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com</a> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com">Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com</a>> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users</a> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com">Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users </a> > -- Fedora-directory-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com">Fedora-directory-users@redhat.com</a> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users"> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users</a> </blockquote></div>