Re: online backup with slapcat?

["fuser9bb@hotpop.com" <fuser9bb@hotpop.com>]

Craig White wrote:

> > > 3. is there an even better way to backup openldap databases?
> > >      
> > I suggest searching the archives, as it is quite possible to slapcat the DB 
> > without shutting down slapd in OL 2.2, depending on the backend you use.
> >    
> ----
> FAQ at openldap.org
>
> <http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/287.html>
>
> Craig
>
>  
Can someone explain what " For BDB and HDB, slapcat(8) can generally be 
used while the server is running" means. Is it safe or not? I'm still at 
the same point in my understanding. :)