<quote who="Asrai khn"> > Hi > > I want to migrate our openldap db backend which currently using idbm to > bdb, > Matt have suggested following steps, would you please kind enough to put > some more light on few steps > > <snip> > Migrate to BDB or HDB. Here's the rough idea: > shutdown slapd > slapcat -f /path/to/slapd.conf -l mydb.ldif > vi /path/to/slapd.conf > Change your database to a new directory. > Read about tuning, cache sizing, and other stuff. > Read openldap man pages. ( what to read ;) > Read oracle's tuning docs for bdb. (we are not using any oracle things) > Re-Read openldap man pages. (re-read for what :-S > :wq > slapadd -f /path/to/slapd.conf -l mydb.ldif > > Fix permissions on /var/run so the slapd user can write there -- this > one is pretty easy > </snip> > > Secondly, to be safe side, if something goes wrong, taking backup of ... > > directory /var/lib/ldap/mydomain.com > > cp -r /var/lib/ldap/mydomain.com /TosomeSafePlace > > is enough to fallback to ibdm?
Above looks about right. Just keep your slapcat export safe, then you can fall back to any backend, if need be. > > I want minimum downtime, heh frankly I can't aford my ass on fire :P Hire someone with experience then! ;-) > > Thanks. Askar >
