> For instance, can I *upgrade* the slave to a master, and then > replicate to the *old* master (once I have > reinstalled/rebuilt it). Or maybe simply dump the slaves data > to LDIF and then re-import into the *old* master. > > Does that make any sense??? Just wondered if there was a > quick way of using the secondary to accomplish this, before I > start sifting through tapes... I've done this before -- you can go into the server's replication settings and set it to be a master, and then initialize the consumer to re-replicate. Works fine.
