db2ldif (8) Linux Manual Page
db2ldif – Directory Server script for exporting the database
Synopsis
db2ldif [-Z serverID] {-n backend_instance}* | {-s includeSuffix}* [{-x excludeSuffix}*] [-a outputFile] [-m] [-M] [-r] [-u] [-U] [-C] [-N] [-E] [-1] [-q] [-h]
Description
Exports the contents of the database to a LDIF file. This script can be executed while the server is still running, except when using the -r option.
Options
A summary of options is included below:
- -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 reindex. Example: userRoot
- -s includeSuffix
- Specifies suffixes to be included in the LDIF file.
- -x excludeSuffix
- Specifies suffixes to be excluded from the LDIF file.
- -a Output File
- The name for the LDIF file.
- -m
- Minimize the base64 encodings in the exported LDIF file.
- -M
- Exported ldif is stored in multiple files. These files are named : <instance>_<filename>
By default, all instances are stored in the filename specified by the -a option. - -r
- Export replication data(information required to initialize a replica when the LDIF is imported).
- -u
- Do not export the unique-id attribute.
- -U
- Requests that the output LDIF is not folded.
- -C
- Uses only the main database file.
- -N
- Suppress printing sequential number
- -E
- Decrypts any encrypted data during export.
- -1
- Deletes, for reasons of backward compatibility, the first line of the LDIF file that gives the version of the LDIF standard.
- -q
- Quiet mode. Suppresses output of the script.
- -h
- Display the usage.
Example
- db2ldif -Z instance3 -n userRoot -a /LDAP/ldif/export.ldif
- db2ldif -s ‘dc=example,dc=com’ -a /LDAP/ldif/export.ldif -m -E -q
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
db2ldif was written by the 389 Project.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to https://fedorahosted.org/389/newticket.
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 Red Hat, Inc.