Re: Move From Redhat 7.3 to redhat ES 3.0

["Pierangelo Masarati" <ando@sys-net.it>]

> Greetings,
>
> I am trying to move from Redhat 7.3 to Redhat ES 3.0.
>
> Redhat 7.3 = openldap-servers-2.0.27-2.7.3
>
> Redhat ES 3.0 = openldap-servers-2.0.27-11
>
> First attempted procedures:
>
> 1) stop the RH7.3 LDAP server
> 2) tared the daabase
> 3) copy tarfile to RHES3 server
> 4) untared db files into /var/lib/ldap/
> 5) Start LDAP on RHES3 server
> 6) Use GQ to browse RHES3 LDAP (No records)
>
> Second attempted procedures:
>
> 1) stop the RH7.3 LDAP server
> 2) Use slapcat to export database to file
> 3) copy file to RHES3 server
> 4) Use ldapadd to load the database

use slapadd instead of ldapadd (provided your ldif file is consistent,
i.e. there are no holes in the tree; otherwise, you'll need to manually
fill the gaps before slapadding; or, it is very likely that ldapsearch on
the old DB returns the entries in a more appropriate order.

p.


>
> It seems that the db.ldif file is not in the correct
> order to create all the objects such as OU,s etc.
>
> Now what? Any suggestions?
>
> --Ezsra
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Pierangelo Masarati
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