.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .TH DB2BAK.PL 8 "March 31, 2017" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: .\" .nh disable hyphenation .\" .hy enable hyphenation .\" .ad l left justify .\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins .\" .nf disable filling .\" .fi enable filling .\" .br insert line break .\" .sp insert n+1 empty lines .\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) .SH NAME db2bak.pl - Directory Server perl script for creating a backup .SH SYNOPSIS db2bak.pl [\-Z serverID] [\-D rootdn] { \-w password | \-w \- | \-j filename } [\-t dbtype] [\-a backupdir] [\-A backupdir] [\-P protocol] [\-h] .SH DESCRIPTION Creates a backup of the Directory Server database. The Directory Server must be started prior to running this script. .SH OPTIONS A summary of options is included below: .TP .B \fB\-Z\fR \fIServer Identifier\fR The server ID of the Directory Server instance. If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped. .TP .B \fB\-D\fR \fIRoot DN\fR The Directory Manager DN, or root DN. If not specified, the script will search the server instance configuration for the value. .TP .B \fB\-w\fR \fIpassword\fR The rootdn password. .TP .B \fB\-w -\fR .br Prompt for the rootdn password. .TP .B \fB\-j\fR \fIpassword filename\fR The name of the file that contains the root DN password. .TP .B \fB\-t\fR \fIdatabase type\fR The backend database type (default: ldbm database). .TP .B \fB\-a\fR \fIbackupdir\fR The directory where the backup should be stored. This directory is a symbolic link to the actual backup files located under "nsslapd-bakdir" directory that is set in the "cn=config" entry. .TP .B \fB\-A\fR \fIbackupdir\fR This is similar to \fB-a\fR, except that a sub-directory of \fIbackupdir\fR will be created for the backup, and the name of the sub-directory will be a timestamp of the form \fIserver-instance-date_time\fR. .TP .B \fB\-P\fR \fIProtocol\fR The connection protocol to connect to the Directory Server. Protocols are STARTTLS, LDAPS, LDAPI, and LDAP. If this option is skipped, the most secure protocol that is available is used. For LDAPI, AUTOBIND is also available for the root user. .TP .B \fB\-h\fR .br Display usage .SH EXAMPLE .TP db2bak.pl \-Z instance1 \-D 'cn=directory manager' \-w password \-a /LDAP/backups/20130305 \-P LDAPI Note: LDAPI must be enabled to use this protocol. If LDAPI is not available it will default to next strongest/available protocol automatically. .SH DIAGNOSTICS Exit status is zero if no errors occur. Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error. .SH AUTHOR db2bak.pl was written by the 389 Project. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" Report bugs to https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/new_issue .SH COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 2017 Red Hat, Inc.