Then just slapcat the data first, do your destructive tests, and then
restore from slapadd. Doing repetitive ldap deletes/adds will just causes massive database growth.
OK, but I just want to be clear - I'm still not. Does that mean that I need to nuke /var/lib/ldap on every master replica prior to restoring the DIT?
Also, another question, if I do that will I have to know the server ID (for "-w -S <SID>") in order to properly reload? I'm asking because then my testers need to know which master is which - and there is no guaranteed order at the moment with our configuration.
Thanks, Frank
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Quanah Gibson-Mount quanah@zimbra.com wrote:
--On Wednesday, April 13, 2016 12:29 PM -0400 Frank Crow < fjcrow2008@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, OK. Our formal test procedures (created and executed by a separate team) will intentionally do all manner of destructive changes to the DIT after taking a snapshot. After which they want to clean and reload the entire DIT in order to: 1) be able to run the tests multiple times with the same data, and 2) restore the DIT for normal (non-OpenLDAP related) testing that does need the DIT intact.
Then just slapcat the data first, do your destructive tests, and then restore from slapadd. Doing repetitive ldap deletes/adds will just causes massive database growth.
During production use, we would not be doing that. For that, I think
the individual node repair (slapadd/slapcat) would be exactly what we need.
I took your suggestion and forwarded the list of changes since 2.4.40 (with the syncrepl fixes highlighted) to the important people up the "flag pole" this morning. I am "fighting the good fight" with them but they are hesitant to move without strenuous "encouragement!" ;-)
I guess it just depends on whether or not they consider data loss acceptable. If they do find it acceptable, by all means, stay on 2.4.40. ;)
Also not sure which database backend you're using, but I'd strongly advise back-mdb once you get to 2.4.44.
--Quanah
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Quanah Gibson-Mount Platform Architect Zimbra, Inc.
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