On 5/14/2010 11:40 AM, Chun Tat David Chu wrote: > > We use 389 Directory as part of our development lab. Every time when > we do a new test, we need to repopulate our 389 directory to a clean > slate (i.e. delete all existing data and re-create a base hierarchy > tree). > > Our current way of doing so is simply using the ldapdelete command to > remove all existing data and use ldapadd to re-create the base > hierarchy tree. This approach is okay but sometime it could take up > to 20 to 30 minutes to delete all existing data depending on the > amount of data saved in the directory. > > Is there a more efficient way to repopulate the 389 Directory? Yes. Import an almost empty LDIF file. You can also copy the on-disk database underneath a server (when it is shut down), if you know what you're doing.
