HP UX Identity Security Software A.4 Utilities for restoring and backing up databases: ldif2db

Table A-1 db2ldif options (continued)

Option	Description
-N	Specifies that entry IDs are not to be included in the LDIF output. The entry IDs are necessary
	only if the output of the db2ldif command is to be used as input to the db2index
	command.
-r	Exports replication state information. The server must be shut down before exporting using
	this option.
-sincludeSuffix	Specifies the suffix or suffixes to include in the export. There can be multiple -sarguments.
-u	Specifies that the uniqueID will not be included in the LDIF output. By default, the server
	includes the uniqueID for all entries with a uniqueID in the exported LDIF file. Only use
	this option to use the exported LDIF to initialize a 4.x consumer server; otherwise, this
	option does not cause the server to create a uniqueID for entries but simply takes what
	already exists in the database.
-U	Outputs the contents of the database without wrapping lines.
-xexcludeSuffix	Specifies a suffix or suffixes to exclude in the export. There can be multiple -xarguments.
	If neither -sor -xis not specified, the server exports all suffixes within the database. When
	using both -xand -soptions with the same suffix, the -xoperation takes precedence.
	Exclusion always takes precedence over inclusion. If the LDIF file will be imported into the
	configuration directory, do not exclude o=NetscapeRoot.

A.4 Utilities for restoring and backing up databases: ldif2db

Imports LDIF files to the database.

Syntax

ns-slapd ldif2db -DconfigDir -ildifFile [ -ddebugLevel ] [ -gstring ] [ -nbackendInstance ] [ -O] [ -sincludeSuffix ] [ -xexcludeSuffix] [ -E]

Enter the full path to the server configuration directory (configdir). ldifFile is the name of the file containing the LDIF to be imported. There is an example LDIF file under the /var/opt/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name/ldifdirectory. Either the -nor the -soption must be specified.

Options

Table A-2 ldif2db options

Option	Description
-ddebugLevel	Specifies the debug level to use during runtime. For further information, refer to
	“nsslapd-errorlog-level (Error log level)”.
-DconfigDir	Specifies the location of the server configuration directory that contains the configuration
	information for the import process. This must be the fulle path to the configuration directory,
	/etc/opt/dirsrv/slapd-instance_name.
-E	Decrypts an encrypted database during export. This option is used only if database
	encryption is enabled.
-gstring	Generates a unique ID. Type none for no unique ID to be generated and deterministic
	for the generated unique ID to be name-based. By default, a time-based unique ID is
	generated.
	When using the deterministic generation to have a name-based unique ID, it is also
	possible to specify the namespace for the server to use, as follows:
	-g deterministic namespaceId
	namespaceId is a string of characters in the format
	00-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx.
	Use this option to import the same LDIF file into two different Directory Servers and the
	contents of both directories should have the same set of unique IDs. If unique IDs already
	exist in the LDIF file being imported, then the existing IDs are imported to the server,
	regardless of the options specified.

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