bak2db (8) Linux Manual Page

bak2db – Directory Server script for restoring a backup

Synopsis

bak2db archivedir [-Z serverID] [-n backendname] [-q] | [-h]

Description

Restores the database from a archived backup. The Directory Server must be stopped prior to running this script.

Options

A summary of options is included below:

archivedir

The directory of the archived database.

-Z Server Identifier

The server ID of the Directory Server instance. If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped.

-n Backend Name

The name of the LDBM database to restore. Example: userRoot

-q

Quiet mode. Reduces output of task.

-h

Display the usage.

Example

bak2db /LDAP/backups/20130305/ -Z instance1 -n userRoot bak2db /LDAP/backups/20130305/ -n example

Diagnostics

Exit status is zero if no errors occur. Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error.

Author

bak2db was written by the 389 Project.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to https://fedorahosted.org/389/newticket.

Copyright

Copyright © 2013 Red Hat, Inc.