Backing Up DS Instance

Overview

This page describes the process to back up an entire DS instance which includes all databases in it.

Backup Procedure

Make sure the DS instance is stopped while creating a backup:

$ systemctl stop [email protected]

To back up the DS instance:

$ tar czvf slapd-localhost.tar.gz -C / \
    etc/dirsrv/slapd-localhost \
    etc/dirsrv/ssca \
    etc/sysconfig/dirsrv-localhost \
    var/lib/dirsrv/slapd-localhost \
    var/log/dirsrv/slapd-localhost