Sun Java System Directory Server Enterprise Edition 6.3 Evaluation Guide

Offline Binary Backup

You can perform an offline binary backup with the dsadm backup command. The instance must be stopped before running this command.

The following command performs an offline binary backup:


$ dsadm backup install-path/sA1 install-path/sA1-bak
[28/Oct/2006:23:38:13 -0500] - Backup starting (install-path/sA1-bak)
[28/Oct/2006:23:38:13 -0500] - WARNING<20509> - Backend Database - conn=-1 op=-1
 msgId=-1 - Cannot create new directory install-path/sA1-bak/dsA1 (-5943)
 Cannot create or rename a filename that already exists.
[28/Oct/2006:23:38:13 -0500] - Backing up file 1
 (install-path/sA1-bak/dsA1/dsA1_objectclass.db3)
[28/Oct/2006:23:38:13 -0500] - Backing up file 2
 (install-path/sA1-bak/dsA1/dsA1_id2entry.db3)
[28/Oct/2005:23:38:13 -0500] - Backup completed (install-path/sA1-bak)