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RE: ldap backup



According to the docs, no I would still recommend it though because unless you are in read only mode, you might lose some modifications in the process.

ed



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Muller
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:34 PM
To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
Subject: RE: ldap backup

Hi, 

Is this true for BDB backends as well; does the ldap daemon need to be
stopped?

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Thomas


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|  From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org 
|  [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of 
|  Karsten Gorling
|  Sent: 22 August 2005 22:17
|  To: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
|  Subject: Re: ldap backup
|  
|  * Scott Mayo <sgmayo@mail.bloomfield.k12.mo.us> [050822 22:57]:
|  > Is doing a slapat -b "dc=name,dc=com" -l backup_file.ldif 
|  a good way to 
|  > backup the database?  This seems to be easy and fast.
|  
|  Its a tried and true way. You should note, if you use a
|  ldbm-Backend, you have to shutdown the slapd-Process first. 
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