Backups and iManager
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Q:
We are running iManager 1.22 on a NetWare 6.0 SP5 server running eDirectory 8.7.3. When I go into iManager, I don't see the eDirectory Maintenance Utilities. I want to be able to do eDirectory backups - can anyone help?
A:
Use iManager 2.5 (Mobile): http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Hoj260Hi4k8~
eDirectory is best "backed-up" using replication (multiple servers holding
same data). This requires no downtime if one (or n-1) dies. It is really
quite simple to remove a bad box and put in a good one as long as you have
replicas. To do a full backup of the entire database in case of corruption (where all servers die), run dsrepair -rc and copy the sys:\system\dsr_dib\00000000.$du file somewhere to be saved forever.
If you want to use the embox stuff in iManager, then use the Mobile 2.5 version.
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