Linux Admin wrote: > 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 How did you do the import? > 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 Can you post an ls -lR of the backup directory? > Restoring: if I specify the top leve back directory (same as I use > during backup process) I get error 53 (cannot read dir) Check the server error log. > 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 > <mailto: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> > > <mailto: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 > <mailto:Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com> > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > <https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users> > > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > <mailto: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 -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3245 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20071024/f9ca0645/attachment.bin
