[Fedora-directory-users] Restoring an LDAP backup to a different server db2bak

[Eddie C]

Unfortunately I only have the db2bak from the day I need to restore. No ldif
files. And I need to restore them to a new server. I do not need all the
configuration data. I only need two of our data trees.





On 4/9/07, Oscar A. Valdez <oscar.valdez at duraflex.com.sv> wrote:
>
> El lun, 09-04-2007 a las 14:22 -0400, Eddie C escribió:
> > Every night I run a db2bak.
> > Can this backup be safely restored to a different server? using
> > bak2db?
>
> It won't.
>
> I had to do a restore by necessity, and here's what I had to do (by
> Noriko Hosoi's gracious recommendation):
>
> 1. on the current directory server, export the data into ldif files.
> go to your <server_root>/slapd-<id>; run "db2ldif -n <backend>" for each
> backend (e.g., userRoot) EXCEPT NetscapeRoot
> 2. install new FDS
> 3. go to the <new_server_root>/slapd-<id>
> 4. stop the directory server
> 5. import the ldif files from the current directory server
> repeat "ldif2db -n <backend> -i <server_root>/slapd-<id>/<date_time>.ldif"
> for each <date_time>.ldif file exported in (1).
> 6. start the directory server
>
> The issue is documented in this thread:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-directory-users/2007-February/msg00024.html
>
>
> The NetscapeRoot instance is server-specific, and it won't restore
> properly on a new server.
> --
> Oscar A. Valdez
>
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