Re: online backup with slapcat?

[Justin Crabtree <crabtrej@otc.edu>]

fuser9bb@hotpop.com wrote:
> Craig White wrote:
>
> > > > 3. is there an even better way to backup openldap databases?
> > > >     
> > >
> > > I suggest searching the archives, as it is quite possible to slapcat 
> > > the DB without shutting down slapd in OL 2.2, depending on the 
> > > backend you use.
> > >   
> >
> > ----
> > FAQ at openldap.org
> >
> > <http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/287.html>
> >
> > Craig
> >
> >  
> Can someone explain what " For BDB and HDB, slapcat(8) can generally be 
> used while the server is running" means. Is it safe or not? I'm still at 
> the same point in my understanding. :)

I can tell you that we are running 2.2.13 and we use slapcat every night 
to backup our master server while it is running.  Haven't had a problem 
yet in over six months of using this process.


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Justin Crabtree
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