.\" 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 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 - Directory Server script for making a backup of the database .SH SYNOPSIS db2bak [archivedir] [\-Z serverID] [\-q] [\-v] [\-h] .SH DESCRIPTION Creates a backup of the database. This script can be executed while the server is running or stopped. .SH OPTIONS A summary of options is included below: .TP .B \fBarchivedir\fR The full path to the directory to store the backup. .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\-v\fR Display version .br .TP .B \fB\-q\fR .br Quiet mode. Reduces output of task. .TP .B \fB\-h\fR .br Display the usage. .SH EXAMPLE .TP db2bak \-Z instance2 Makes a backup of the entire database for 'instance2', and stores it in the default server instance backup directory. .TP db2bak /LDAP/backups/20130305 Creates a backup of the database and stores it in specified location. .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 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.