[389-users] How to tell when database backup has finished?

[Noriko Hosoi]

You could search the task.with nstaskstatus attribute.

$ ldapsearch -LLLx -h localhost -p <port> -D 'cn=directory manager' -w 
<pw> -b "cn=backup,cn=tasks,cn=config" "(cn=backup_*)" nstaskstatus

When the task is done, you'll see the "Backup finished." status:
dn: cn=backup_2012_4_5_9_35_35,cn=backup,cn=tasks,cn=config
nstaskstatus: Backup finished.

Another way would be checking the errors log, which logs the end of the 
back up.
> [05/Apr/2012:09:32:09 -0700] - Backing up file 31 
> (/var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-totoro/bak/totoro-2012_4_5_9_32_8/DBVERSION)
> [05/Apr/2012:09:32:09 -0700] - Backup finished.
Thanks,
--noriko
MATON Brett wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I want to tar up the backup set once a db2bak.pl backup job has finished.
>
> however because it writes an entry to the LDAP and doesn’t wait for 
> the backup to finish I was wondering what the best way to determine 
> when the backup has actually finished?
>
> I was thinking that I could
>
> Ldapsearch at intervals for the backup cn entry, when it’s not there 
> anymore backup has finished
>
> Ro maybe watch the audit log for a delete action on the backup cn entry..
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brett
>
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