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Re: backing up openldap directory

Howard,

Thank you for the clarification, this is good information to have.

Vince


On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:20:52 -0800, Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com> wrote:
> Vince Taluskie wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >Yes, that's what I'm using now - but aren't you supposed to have the
> >slapd process down while doing that.   I'm assuming that is to guard
> >against having the 'backup image' in an inconsistent state from
> >information being changed in the directory.   I don't see this as a
> >major risk since except for once in a while useradds the write content
> >into the directory contains housekeeping info from our jetspeed
> >portal.  Nothing critical that would break the app if it was
> >inconsistent.
> >
> >I figured I'd ask the experts to see if there was a better way...
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> Since OpenLDAP release 2.1.4 it has been safe to run slapcat on back-bdb
> backends while slapd is running. If you're still using back-ldbm then
> yes, you must shutdown slapd first. But it would be smarter to ditch
> back-ldbm.
> 
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> 
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