Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Configuration, Command, and File Reference

db2bak [ backupDirectory ]
For information on the equivalent Perl script, see Section 4.3, “db2bak.pl (Creates a Backup of
a Database)”.
3.5. db2ldif (Exports Database Contents to LDIF)
Exports the contents of the database to LDIF. This script can be executed while the server is
still running, except with the -r option. To export the replication state information, shutdown the
server first, then run db2ldif with -r.
For information on the equivalent Perl script, see Section 4.5, “db2ldif.pl (Exports Database
Contents to LDIF)”.
For the shell scripts, the script runs the ns-slapd command-line utility with the db2ldif keyword.
Ellipses (...) indicate that multiple occurrences are allowed.
Syntax.
db2ldif [ -n backendInstance | -s includeSuffix ] [ -x excludeSuffix ] [ -r ] [ -C ] [ -u ] [ -U ]
[ -m ] [ M ] [ -a outputFile ] [ -1 ] [ -N ] [ -E ]
Options.
Either the -n or the -s option must be specified. By default, the output LDIF will be stored in one
file. To specify the use of several files, use the option -M.
Option Description
-1 Deletes, for reasons of backward
compatibility, the first line of the LDIF file
which gives the version of the LDIF standard.
-a outputFile Gives the name of the output LDIF file.
-C Uses only the main database file.
-E Decrypts encrypted data during export. This
option is used only if database encryption is
enabled.
-m Sets minimal base-64 encoding.
-M Use of several files for storing the output
LDIF, with each instance stored in instance
filename (where filename is the filename
specified for -a option).
-n backendInstance Gives the instance to be exported.
-N Specifies that the entry IDs are not to be
included in the LDIF output. The entry IDs are
necessary only if the db2ldif output is to be
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