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RE: 'Allow backup' extended operation

To: <hyc@highlandsun.com>
Subject: RE: 'Allow backup' extended operation
From: "Pierangelo Masarati" <ando@sys-net.it>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 08:14:30 +0100 (CET)
Cc: <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>, <openldap-devel@OpenLDAP.org>
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References: <HBF.20021205yjj3@bombur.uio.no> <000c01c29ce6$dabb14e0$1466010a@CELLO>

> I think this is a bit of overkill. One of the reasons for developing
> back-bdb was to have a backend that supports hot backups... Since this
> facility exists, and back-ldbm is no longer getting any new features
> implemented, I don't see any reason to do anything further.

Where I see room for smtg like this is in allowing the creation
of a new replica, either by regenerating from ldif or by copying
the db files; it looks a bit more kind than stop and restart
in readonly mode.

Ando.

-- 
Pierangelo Masarati
mailto:pierangelo.masarati@sys-net.it

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