Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.2 Administration Guide

Filtering an LDIF File for Fractional Replication

Initializing a replica with fractional replication configured is transparent when using DSCC. Only the selected attributes will be sent to the consumer during the initialization.

If you have configured fractional replication, you should filter out any unused attributes before copying the exported LDIF file to the consumer servers. Directory Server provides the fildif tool for this purpose. This tool filters the given LDIF file to keep only the attributes that are allowed by the attribute set defined in your replication agreement.

This tool reads the server’s configuration to determine the attribute set definition. To read the configuration file, the fildif tool must be run as root or as the user who owns the process and the files (specified by the nsslapd-localuser attribute). For example, the following command filters the file exported from the dc=example,dc=com suffix in the previous example:


$ fildif -i /local/ds1/ldif/example_master.ldif \
 -o /local/ds1/ldif/filtered.ldif -b "cn=host2.example.com:1389, \
 cn=replica,cn=\\"dc=example,dc=com\\",cn=mapping tree,cn=config" -p /local/ds1

For the location of the fildif command, see Command Locations.

The -i and -o options are the input and output files, respectively. The -b option is the DN of the replication agreement where fractional replication is defined. You can find this DN by using this command:


$ ldapsearch -h host -p port -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - \
 -b "cn=config" "(&(objectclass=nsds5replicationagreement) (nsDS5ReplicaPort=replica-port) \
 (nsDS5ReplicaHost=replica-host))" dn

For example:


$ ldapsearch -h host2 -p 1389 -D cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=config -w - \
 -b "cn=config" "(&(objectclass=nsds5replicationagreement) \
 (nsDS5ReplicaPort=2090)(nsDS5ReplicaHost=host2))" dn
Enter bind password:
version: 1
dn: cn=host2:1389,cn=replica,cn=dc\=example\,dc\=com,cn=mapping tree,cn=config

For the full command-line syntax for the fildif tool, see the fildif(1) man page.

You can then use the filtered.ldif file produced by fildif to initialize the consumer in this replication agreement. Transfer the file to the consumer server and import it as described in Importing Data From an LDIF File.