Re: How to backup/restore on remote servers

["J. Bakshi" <joydeep@infoservices.in>]

Josir Gomes wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I just installed a openldap server and I want to test backup/restore
> routines.
>
> I have two machines, one is a clone of the second one.The first one I
> add several users and then my test is to restore those users in the
> new machine.
>
> To backup, it was easy:
>
> slapcat -l /path/to/your/backup.ldif
>
> But when I tried to restore,
>
> I shutdown the samba/ldap service with:
>
> /etc/init.d/ebox samba stop
> /etc/init.d/ebox slapd stop
>
> And then I issue: slapadd -l /path/to/your/backup.ldif
>
> => hdb_tool_entry_put: id2entry_add failed: DB_KEYEXIST: Key/data pair
> already exists (-30996)
> => hdb_tool_entry_put: txn_aborted! DB_KEYEXIST: Key/data pair already
> exists (-30996)
> slapadd: could not add entry dn="dc=ebox" (line=1): txn_aborted!
> DB_KEYEXIST: Key/data pair already exists (-30996)
>
> I understand that there are other records and I can't replace them.
>
> Do I have to erase everything ?
> Or is there a merge option ?
>
> I know that there is a replication service but those two servers will
> not be on the same network (ie. one server will not communicate with the
> other) so I think this approach does not apply.
>
> Any tip or suggestion will be very welcome.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Josir Gomes
>
>


All time favorite  question.
By any-chance will it work  if I rsync  slapd.conf;  ldap.conf  and
the   /var/lib/ldap   from the remote server  to a local folder and
restore it when required ?
Very curious to know the actual backup process.
thanks