Textual LDIF backup strategies for busy LDAP clusters

2010-06-23 Thread Nick Urbanik
Dear Folks, our old backup system for our LDAP clusters using slurpd is as follows: 1. A dedicated slave (we call it a "sync") has a replogfile configured. 2. A cron job moves the replog file to a backup directory every 15 minutes. 3. Another cron job runs every 24 hours, which: a. Stop

Re: Textual LDIF backup strategies for busy LDAP clusters

2010-06-23 Thread Quanah Gibson-Mount
--On Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:19 PM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: Dear Folks, our old backup system for our LDAP clusters using slurpd is as follows: Just use slapcat. auditlog is not appropriate. --Quanah -- Quanah Gibson-Mount Principal Software Engineer Zimbra, Inc

Re: Textual LDIF backup strategies for busy LDAP clusters

2010-06-25 Thread Nick Urbanik
Dear Quanah, On 23/06/10 21:46 -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: --On Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:19 PM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: Dear Folks, our old backup system for our LDAP clusters using slurpd is as follows: Just use slapcat. # du -sh /var/lib/ldap 7.4G/var/lib/ldap Slapcatting

Re: Textual LDIF backup strategies for busy LDAP clusters

2010-06-26 Thread Quanah Gibson-Mount
--On Friday, June 25, 2010 9:58 AM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: Dear Quanah, On 23/06/10 21:46 -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: --On Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:19 PM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: Dear Folks, our old backup system for our LDAP clusters using slurpd is as follows: Just use sla

Re: Textual LDIF backup strategies for busy LDAP clusters

2010-06-27 Thread Nick Urbanik
Dear Quanah, Thanks again for taking the time to write a detailed and helpful reply. On 25/06/10 10:41 -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: --On Friday, June 25, 2010 9:58 AM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: On 23/06/10 21:46 -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: --On Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:19 PM +100

Re: Textual LDIF backup strategies for busy LDAP clusters

2010-06-29 Thread Quanah Gibson-Mount
--On Monday, June 28, 2010 11:42 AM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: Dear Quanah, Thanks again for taking the time to write a detailed and helpful reply. On 25/06/10 10:41 -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: --On Friday, June 25, 2010 9:58 AM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: On 23/06/10 21:46 -0700, Quan

Re: Textual LDIF backup strategies for busy LDAP clusters

2010-06-29 Thread Nick Urbanik
Dear Quanah, On 29/06/10 08:51 -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: --On Monday, June 28, 2010 11:42 AM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: On 25/06/10 10:41 -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote: --On Friday, June 25, 2010 9:58 AM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: On 23/06/10 21:46 -0700, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:

Re: Textual LDIF backup strategies for busy LDAP clusters

2010-06-30 Thread Quanah Gibson-Mount
--On Wednesday, June 30, 2010 2:43 PM +1000 Nick Urbanik wrote: 1. Can we use an LDIF backend with the auditlog overlay? Why are you stuck on auditlog? As I said, don't use it. Sorry, I was too tired; I mean: "1. Can we use an LDIF backend with the accesslog overlay?" Hm, that I don't kn