Restoring All Databases; Restoring All Databases From The Console - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

When you make modifications to the
file called
dse.ldif.bak
the directory writes the modifications to the

Restoring All Databases

The following procedures describe restoring all of the databases in your directory
using the Directory Server Console and from the command line.
NOTE While restoring databases, the server must be running. However,
the databases will be unavailable for processing operations during
the restore.

Restoring All Databases from the Console

If your databases become corrupted, you can restore data from a previously
generated backup using the Directory Server Console. This process consists of
stopping the server and then copying the databases and associated index files from
the backup location to the database directory.
CAUTION Restoring your databases overwrites any existing database files.
To restore your databases from a previously created backup:
On the Directory Server Console select the Tasks tab.
1.
Click "Restore Directory Server."
2.
The Restore Directory dialog box is displayed.
Select the backup from the Available Backups list, or enter the full path to a
3.
valid backup in the Directory text box.
The Available Backups list shows all backups located in the default directory,
serverRoot/slapd-serverID/bak/
where backup_name is the name of the backup file.
Click OK to restore your databases.
4.
dse.ldif
in the
serverRoot/slapd-serverID/config
dse.ldif
backup_name
Chapter 4
Backing Up and Restoring Data
file, the file is first backed up to a
directory before
file.
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