Required recovery information

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After you have created your replication topology, you need to perform the tasks provided here.

  1. Make a copy of the configuration file (ibmslapd.conf) and the key stash files (ibmslapddir.ksf and ibmslapdcfg.ksf) of each server and store these files in a secure location. This location needs to be on a backup machine that is not part of the replication topology or on a separate media such as a diskette, CD, or tape. This information needs updating only if you change the topology or change your configuration parameters (any entries under cn=Configuration). If you have made changes to the existing schema or added a new schema you need to make copies of the schema files (V3.* files) as well.
  2. Use the idsdbback utility to create a nightly backup directory. Tar or zip this directory and store it in a secure location. This location needs to be on a backup machine that is not part of the replication topology or on a separate media such as a CD, or tape. This file contains all the entries in the directory, the server configuration information and the schema files. This backup directory ensures that you can never lose more than 24 hours worth of data. Run this utility against either server 3 or server 4 during off peak hours to get the most current data.
Attention: If restoring, you must restore to the same operating system as the operating system on which the failure occurred. If you don't restore to the same operating system, there might be errors.