--On Thursday, March 30, 2017 3:38 PM -0700 Jai Bheemsen Rao Dhanwada <jaibheemsen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Both back-hdb and back-bdb (which both use BDB underneath) are deprecated backends. You should not be using either one. Instead, examine migrating to back-mdb, which is backed by LMDB: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Database> Regardless, LDIF exports are usable regardless of backend (bdb, hdb, mdb). The "DIF" stands for "Data Interchange Format". You might be best served by first learning more about LDIF: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAP_Data_Interchange_Format> --Quanah -- Quanah Gibson-Mount Product Architect Symas Corporation Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP: <http://www.symas.com>