Re: How to set BDB "read-only" before slapcat command ?

Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:08:32 -0800 From: Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah(a)zimbra.com&gt; Subject: Re: How to set BDB "read-only" before slapcat command ? To: Andrew Hall <whippyhubbles(a)googlemail.com&gt;,Michael Ströder <michael(a)stroeder.com&gt; Cc: openldap-technical(a)openldap.org --On Monday, February 09, 2009 3:44 PM +0000 Andrew Hall <whippyhubbles(a)googlemail.com&gt; wrote: > The possible problem I see with that setup is what happens if the > slapcat occurs during an update from the provider to the consumer ? I'm not sure why you feel it is necessary to set the server read-only before you run slapcat anyway. Do you actually have a process that knows exactly what changes occurred in any given second, so that, if say, your backup starts at 1:00:00, you can then replay all the changes from that point in time? If you do, then it doesn't matter whether or not it was in read-only. Simply replay the changes. If you don't, then it doesn't matter whether or not it was in read-only, because you don't know what changes happened after that point. I honestly am not aware of anyone who bothers to put their DB into read-only before slapcatting, although they may be out there.