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Backing Up and Restoring Novell
eDirectory
Novell
®
eDirectory
TM
is designed to provide fault tolerance for the tree through replication, so that if
one server is not available, other servers can provide access. Replication is the primary method for
protecting eDirectory.
Replication, however, is not possible in a single-server environment. Also, replication might not
provide a complete restore of individual servers in case of a server hardware failure or other damage,
or in the event of a disaster such as a fire or flood in which you lose multiple servers. Backing up
eDirectory on each server increases the fault tolerance for your network.
eDirectory 8.7 introduced a new backup and restore utility called the eDirectory Backup eMTool to
back up the eDirectory database on your individual servers. It has the following benefits:
Same tool for all platforms.
Provides hot continuous backup.
You can back up your server without closing the eDirectory
database, and you still get a complete backup.
Supports a quick restore of an individual server.
This is especially helpful in the event of
hardware failure.
Scalable.
You can back up a server whose eDirectory database contains tens or hundreds of
millions of objects. The speed of the backup process is limited mainly by I/O channel
bandwidth.
Can support a quick restore of the tree, when used with replica planning and
DSMASTER servers.
Even without using DSMASTER servers, some level of recovery for
the tree should be possible. See
“Using DSMASTER Servers as Part of Disaster Recovery
Planning” on page 434
.
Lets you perform tasks remotely.
You can perform most backup and restore tasks in a
browser using
iManager
, inside or outside the firewall. You can perform advanced tasks
remotely using the
eMBox Client
, a command line Java client, with access behind the firewall
or through a VPN.
Lets you back up related files.
You can back up files on the server that are related to the
database, such as NICI security files, stream files, and any files you specify (such as
autoexec.ncf) in an include file.
Can restore eDirectory to the state it was in at the moment before it went down,
if you
use continuous roll-forward logging. See
Section 16.3, “Using Roll-Forward Logs,” on
page 437
.
Makes hardware upgrade simpler.
Doing a cold backup and then restoring the eDirectory
database is an easy way to transfer the server's identity to a new machine or safeguard it while
you make changes such as RAM upgrades. See
Section 18.9, “Upgrading Hardware or
Replacing a Server,” on page 569
.
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