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16.4 Preparing for a Restore
The most important part of restoring the eDirectory database is making sure it is complete. Before
restoring an eDirectory database to a server, ensure the prerequisites have been met as described in
“Prerequisites for Restoring” on page 442 . If you are not sure how to gather the right backup files,
see “Locating the Right Backup Files for a Restore” on page 443 .
16.4.1 Prerequisites for Restoring
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All servers that share a replica with the server to be restored are up and communicating. This
allows the restore verification process to check with servers that participate in the same replica
ring.
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You have gathered all the backup files you need:
Š The full backup and subsequent incremental backup files are copied to one directory on
the server to be restored.
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All roll-forward logs since the last backup are in one directory on the server to be restored.
If this server participates in a replica ring, you must make sure all the roll-forward logs
created since the last backup are in one directory on the server, with the same filenames
they had when they were created.
See “Locating the Right Backup Files for a Restore” on page 443 .
NOTE: If you do not have backup files for the server, use XBrowse to query eDirectory to help
you recover server information. You must do this before you remove the Server object or any
associated objects from the tree. XBrowse and additional information is available from the
Novell Support Web site, Solution 2960653 (http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/
2960653)
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You have installed eDirectory, in a new temporary tree.
You bring up the server in a new tree at first because you will create the server with the same
name it had before the failure, and you don't want to cause confusion in the original tree by
putting the newly installed server in the tree before the restore has re-created the server's
complete identity. Completing the restore process for the database will put the server back into
its original tree.
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(Conditional) If you are using roll-forward logging on this server, plan to re-create your
configuration for roll-forward logging after the restore, to make sure it is turned on and the logs
are being saved in a fault-tolerant location. After turning on the roll-forward logs, you must
also do a new full backup.
The restore process turns off roll-forward logging and resets the configuration for roll-forward
logging back to the default.
The new full backup is necessary so that you are prepared for any failures that might occur
before the next unattended full backup is scheduled to take place.
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(Conditional) If any applications or objects need to find this server by its IP address, use the
same IP address for the restored server.
‰ (NetWare only) Make sure the name of the server you are restoring to is the same as the name
of the failed server. If the names are not the same, you might encounter errors, such as Volume
objects not being correct after the restore.