RE: backing up: slapcat vs. ldapsearch vs. db_checkpoint

["Kirk A. Turner-Rustin" <ktrustin@owu.edu>]

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, oclc ldap wrote:

> If you are using back-bdb, you do not need to stop slapd in order
> to run slapcat.
> 
> Does this apply to a read/write copy of the bdb. I am using
> openldap-2.1.25
> BerkeleyDB.4.2
> 
> Thanks much.

Yes, it does. See this FAQ entry (third paragraph up from the bottom)
for more info:

http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?_highlightWords=backbdb%20slapcat&file=756

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Kirk Turner-Rustin
Information Systems
Ohio Wesleyan University
http://www.owu.edu
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