Re: [389-users] Directory Re-population

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Hi Rich,

Thanks for replying.

Just making sure I'm using the right utility.  To reinitialize the directory, I use the ldif2db.pl Perl script right?

- David

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Chun Tat David Chu wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am hitting an issue with reinitializing the directory database.
>
> Basically I have two directory servers and they're configured using
> multi-master replication scheme.
>
> When I reinitialize the directory database, the directory became
> inaccessible.  I think it is related with my multi-master replication
> setup because when I use only reinitialize one LDAP, it would work
> just fine
>
> My question is if multi-master replication is enabled on two LDAPs
> then do I need to reinitialize both LDAPs at the same time or just one
> LDAP?
If you use one master (m1) to re-init the other master (m2), you do not
need to then use m2 to re-init m2.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - David
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Chun Tat David Chu
> <beyonddc.storage@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:beyonddc.storage@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Reinitializing the directory database does the trick!  I'm going
>     to do more testing on it.
>
>     Thanks a lot!
>
>     - David
>
>
>     On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:43 PM, David Boreham
>     <david_list@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:david_list@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>         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.
>
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