[389-users] db2bak on a provider/master

[Mitja Mihelič]

Thank you for the clarification.

Regards, Mitja

On 26. 02. 2015 15:56, Rich Megginson wrote:
> On 02/26/2015 07:41 AM, Mitja Mihelič wrote:
>>
>> --
>> Mitja Mihelič
>> ARNES, Tehnološki park 18, p.p. 7, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
>> tel: +386 1 479 8877, fax: +386 1 479 88 78
>> On 26. 02. 2015 15:18, Rich Megginson wrote:
>>> On 02/26/2015 06:30 AM, Mitja Mihelič wrote:
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> We have a provider/consumer (master/slave) setup and we wish to 
>>>> create a database backup on the master.
>>>> Replica setting on the master are set to "Single Master".
>>>>
>>>> But when I run
>>>> .../db2bak $backup_path/$current_date
>>>> Backup fails an the following error is written in the errors log:
>>>> ERROR: Standalone db2bak is not supported when a multimaster 
>>>> replication enabled server is coexisting.
>>>> Please use db2bak.pl, instead.
>>>>
>>>> Since multimaster replication is not used, should I consider this a 
>>>> bug?
>>>> Or is it referring to the "Single Master" setup as a multimaster 
>>>> setup?
>>>
>>> Yes.  "Single Master" is a misleading term as it implies that there 
>>> is some sort of special protocol or setting that prevents having 
>>> multiple masters.  There is no such thing.
>>>
>>> What version of 389-ds-base?  rpm -q 389-ds-base.
>> We are using latest from CentOS repo 
>> 389-ds-base-1.2.11.15-48.el6_6.x86_64.
>> There are no such problems with the old 
>> centos-ds-base-8.2.8-2.el5.centos.
>
> Looks like it was changed for 9.0.  See 
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Administration_Guide/Populating_Directory_Databases-Backing_Up_and_Restoring_Data.html
>
>>
>> I've browsed the dse.ldif and found the entry defining the 
>> replication (certain entries omitted):
>> dn: cn=replica,cn=dc\3Dcompany\2Cdc\3Dcom,cn=mapping tree,cn=config
>> objectClass: nsDS5Replica
>> objectClass: top
>> nsDS5ReplicaRoot: dc=company,dc=com
>> nsDS5ReplicaType: 3
>> nsDS5Flags: 1
>> nsDS5ReplicaId: 47
>> nsds5ReplicaPurgeDelay: 604800
>> cn: replica
>> ...
>>
>> I have found the following in the RHDS docs:
>> "nsDS5ReplicaType: 3"  - 3 for both single and multi-master suppliers 
>> (read-write replicas)
>>
>> From this I would surmise that it does not matter if I choose the 
>> single- or multimaster, nsDS5ReplicaType is set to 3.
>
> Correct.
>
>> And db2bak will not work.
>
> Correct.  You have to use db2bak.pl now.  See 
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Directory_Server/9.0/html/Administration_Guide/Populating_Directory_Databases-Backing_Up_and_Restoring_Data.html
>
>> Would this be about right?
>>
>> Regards, Mitja
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Mitja
>>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> 389 users mailing list
>>> 389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org
>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 389 users mailing list
>> 389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org
>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users
>
>
>
> --
> 389 users mailing list
> 389-users at lists.fedoraproject.org
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/389-users

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20150226/ff9e966f/attachment.html>