Exporting A Replica To Ldif; Importing The Ldif File To The Consumer Server - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Import the LDIF file with the supplier replica contents to the consumer server.
3.
See "Importing the LDIF File to the Consumer Server" on page 329 for
instructions.

Exporting a Replica to LDIF

You can convert the replica to LDIF using one of the following three procedures:
When you create a replication agreement by selecting "Create consumer
1.
initialization file" in the Initialize Consumer dialog box of the Replication
Wizard.
From the Directory Server Console, at any time, by right-clicking the
2.
replication agreement under the Replication folder, and choosing "Create LDIF
File" from the pop-up menu.
From the command line, by using the export command as described in
3.
"Exporting to LDIF From the Command Line" on page 153.

Importing the LDIF File to the Consumer Server

You can import the LDIF file which contains the supplier replica contents to the
consumer server by using the import features in the Directory Server Console, or
by using either the
ldif2db
described in "Importing From the Command Line" on page 147.
If you use the
ldif2db
configured on the consumer server.
NOTE If you use the
does not require a server restart. For more information on
command-line scripts see Netscape Directory Server Configuration,
Command, and File Reference.
script or
ldif2db.pl
script, remember to bind using the supplier bind DN
script the LDIF file import operation
ldif2db.pl
Initializing Consumers
script. Both import methods are
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