[Fedora-directory-users] Re: backup/dump--restore/import

[Richard Megginson]

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* <rmeggins at redhat.com 
> <mailto:rmeggins at redhat.com>> 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* < sysadmin.linux at gmail.com
>     <mailto:sysadmin.linux at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:sysadmin.linux at gmail.com
>     <mailto:sysadmin.linux at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Please forgive the newbee question here.
>     >     What is the best way to backup/dump--restore/import a fedora
>     ldap
>     >     server
>     >     (without downtime)
>     >     TIA
>     >
>     >
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