Re: How to set BDB "read-only" before slapcat command ?

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@zimbra.com>]

--On Monday, February 09, 2009 3:44 PM +0000 Andrew Hall 
<whippyhubbles@googlemail.com> wrote:


> The possible problem I see with that setup is what happens if the
> slapcat occurs during an update from the provider to the consumer ?


I'm not sure why you feel it is necessary to set the server read-only 
before you run slapcat anyway.  Do you actually have a process that knows 
exactly what changes occurred in any given second, so that, if say, your 
backup starts at 1:00:00, you can then replay all the changes from that 
point in time?

If you do, then it doesn't matter whether or not it was in read-only. 
Simply replay the changes.  If you don't, then it doesn't matter whether or 
not it was in read-only, because you don't know what changes happened after 
that point.

I honestly am not aware of anyone who bothers to put their DB into 
read-only before slapcatting, although they may be out there.

--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Principal Software Engineer
Zimbra, Inc
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