Eddie C wrote:
Unfortunately I only have the db2bak from the day I need to restore. No ldif files. And I need to restore them to a new server. I do not need all the configuration data. I only need two of our data trees.Once again, do your backed up server and the new server share the same set of suffixes not including NetscapeRoot (if you have o=netscaperoot on the servers, you can't use this trick)? If the answer is yes, you could restore the back-up onto the new server.
If the answer is no, did you run "db2bak" when the server was down? If yes, theoretically you could do as follows.
cd slapd-<newserver> ## please make sure the new server already has corresponding root suffixes / backend to be restored. ./stop-slapd rm -rf db/* Repeat the command line for each backend to be restored: ./bak2db <full_path_to_backup_dir> -n <backendname> (e.g., bak2db /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-<id>/bak/2007_04_09_14_46_14/ -n exampleRoot; bak2db /opt/fedora-ds/slapd-<id>/bak/2007_04_09_14_46_14/ -n userRoot) ./start-slapdBut I remember it did not work as expected when Oscar experimented for us... If it does not work, you may need to try what Oscar suggested.
Thanks, --noriko
On 4/9/07, *Oscar A. Valdez* <oscar.valdez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:oscar.valdez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
El lun, 09-04-2007 a las 14:22 -0400, Eddie C escribió:
> Every night I run a db2bak.
> Can this backup be safely restored to a different server? using
> bak2db?
It won't.
I had to do a restore by necessity, and here's what I had to do (by
Noriko Hosoi's gracious recommendation):
1. on the current directory server, export the data into ldif files.
go to your <server_root>/slapd-<id>; run "db2ldif -n <backend>"
for each backend (e.g., userRoot) EXCEPT NetscapeRoot
2. install new FDS
3. go to the <new_server_root>/slapd-<id>
4. stop the directory server
5. import the ldif files from the current directory server
repeat "ldif2db -n <backend> -i
<server_root>/slapd-<id>/<date_time>.ldif" for each
<date_time>.ldif file exported in (1).
6. start the directory server
The issue is documented in this thread:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-directory-users/2007-February/msg00024.html
<https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-directory-users/2007-February/msg00024.html>
The NetscapeRoot instance is server-specific, and it won't restore
properly on a new server.
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