Thanks Richard and George, Here is what I have tired: I tried restoring from both: 1. Export/Import from ldif file: backup all the subtrees and get a lot of rejects on this restore 2. Backup/Restore: Backup creates a directory of my choosing with 2 ldif files and 3 subderectories: userRoot NetscapeRoot and one more subdir for my app all 3 subdirs have db4 files Restoring: if I specify the top leve back directory (same as I use during backup process) I get error 53 (cannot read dir) Restore will take 3 subdirectires (netacpre root or userRoot) and will run OK. but then it stops working, you can not log in or on restart admin server would not start. On 10/24/07, Richard Megginson <rmeggins at redhat.com> wrote: > > Linux Admin wrote: > > If I want to do through GUI: which option do I use: Backup/Restore or > > Import/Export > Backup creates a binary backup of your entire database. > Export creates an LDIF (ASCII) dump of the database you specify > (userRoot or NetscapeRoot). > > When I sued Backup....I tried to restore into vanilla LDAP specifying > > the top level directory which contains NetascapeRoot and userRoot > > subdirs, I get error 53 (failed to read the backup file set) > Can you provide more information about what directory you put your > backup in, what directory you told it to restore from, etc. > > > > > > On 10/18/07, *Linux Admin* <sysadmin.linux at gmail.com > > <mailto:sysadmin.linux at gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Please forgive the newbee question here. > > What is the best way to backup/dump--restore/import a fedora ldap > > server > > (without downtime) > > TIA > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20071024/243a1cfc/attachment.html