Db2Bak (Creates A Backup Of A Database); Db2Ldif (Exports Database Contents To Ldif) - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 Command Reference Manual

Chapter 7. Command-Line Scripts
For information on the equivalent Perl script, see
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7.3.3. db2bak (Creates a Backup of a Database)

Creates a backup of the current database contents. This script can be executed while the server is still
running.
Syntax
db2bak [ backupDirectory ]
For information on the equivalent Perl script, see
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7.3.4. db2ldif (Exports Database Contents to LDIF)

Exports the contents of the database to LDIF. This script can be executed while the server is still
running, except with the -r option. To export the replication state information, shut down the server
first, then run db2ldif with -r.
For information on the equivalent Perl script, see
to LDIF)".
For the shell scripts, the script runs the ns-slapd command-line utility with the db2ldif keyword.
Ellipses (...) indicate that multiple occurrences are allowed.
Syntax
db2ldif [[ -n backendInstance ] | [ -s includeSuffix ]] [ [ -x excludeSuffix ] ] [ -r ] [ -C ] [ -u ]
[ -U ] [ -m ] [ M ] [ -a outputFile ] [ -1 ] [ -N ] [ -E ]
Options
Either the -n or the -s option must be specified. By default, the output LDIF will be stored in one file.
To specify the use of several files, use the option -M.
Option
-1
-a outputFile
-C
-E
-m
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Section 7.4.2, "cl-dump.pl (Dumps and Decodes the
Section 7.4.3, "db2bak.pl (Creates a Backup of a
Section 7.4.5, "db2ldif.pl (Exports Database Contents
Description
Deletes, for reasons of backward compatibility,
the first line of the LDIF file which gives the
version of the LDIF standard.
Gives the name of the output LDIF file.
Uses only the main database file.
Decrypts encrypted data during export. This
option is used only if database encryption is
enabled.
Sets minimal base-64 encoding.