Hi Rich,
Thanks for replying.
Just making sure I'm using the right utility. To reinitialize the
directory, I use the ldif2db.pl Perl script right?
- David
On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Rich Megginson <rmeggins(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Chun Tat David Chu wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am hitting an issue with reinitializing the directory database.
>
> Basically I have two directory servers and they're configured using
> multi-master replication scheme.
>
> When I reinitialize the directory database, the directory became
> inaccessible. I think it is related with my multi-master replication
> setup because when I use only reinitialize one LDAP, it would work
> just fine
>
> My question is if multi-master replication is enabled on two LDAPs
> then do I need to reinitialize both LDAPs at the same time or just one
> LDAP?
If you use one master (m1) to re-init the other master (m2), you do not
need to then use m2 to re-init m2.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - David
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Chun Tat David Chu
> <beyonddc.storage(a)gmail.com <mailto:beyonddc.storage@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Reinitializing the directory database does the trick! I'm going
> to do more testing on it.
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> - David
>
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 1:43 PM, David Boreham
> <david_list(a)boreham.org <mailto:david_list@boreham.org>> wrote:
>
> On 5/14/2010 11:40 AM, Chun Tat David Chu wrote:
> >
> > We use 389 Directory as part of our development lab. Every
> time when
> > we do a new test, we need to repopulate our 389 directory to
> a clean
> > slate (i.e. delete all existing data and re-create a base
> hierarchy
> > tree).
> >
> > Our current way of doing so is simply using the ldapdelete
> command to
> > remove all existing data and use ldapadd to re-create the base
> > hierarchy tree. This approach is okay but sometime it could
> take up
> > to 20 to 30 minutes to delete all existing data depending on
the
> > amount of data saved in the directory.
> >
> > Is there a more efficient way to repopulate the 389 Directory?
>
> Yes. Import an almost empty LDIF file. You can also copy the
> on-disk
> database underneath a server (when it is shut down), if you
> know what
> you're doing.
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