On Thursday 04 June 2009 08:58:21 mukim pathan wrote:
Hi, I am trying to create new ldap database on new machine and I want to transfer full ldap database from old machine to new machine. Can I just transfer all the database files (.bdb,_db,alock) and expect new database to be at the same stage of old database??
This won't work if: -The version of OpenLDAP is different -The database library version is older on the target -The architectures differ (e.g. x86 vs x86_64).
Even if it does work (none of the above conditions apply), it's still not a good idea to copy the database files directly (as it is non-trivial to get a consistent copy).
As covered in the documentation, the supported method for backing up and restoring data is via slapcat to export, and slapadd to import.
Regards, Buchan