Backing up the database with the Configuration Tool

To back up the database using the Configuration Tool:

1. In the Configuration Tool, click one of the following:
   • If you are configuring a full directory server, click Backup database in the task list on the left.
   • If you are configuring a proxy server, click Backup instance in the task list on the left.
2. In the Backup database window on the right, in the Backup directory field, type the directory path in which to back up all directory data and configuration settings. Alternatively, click Browse to locate the directory path.
3. Do one of the following:
   • If this is a full directory server and the database has not been configured for online backup, select the Update database configuration to support online backup check box if you want to prepare the database for online backup support.
     Note:
     You can also configure online backup for a directory server instance using the command line. However, if you do this, you cannot unconfigure online backup through the command line (using the idscfgdb command with the -c flag).

     If you configure online backup for a directory server instance using either the Instance Administration Tool or the Configuration Tool, you can unconfigure it through the Configuration Tool or the command line.

     For the most reliable results, use the Instance Administration Tool or the Configuration Tool to administer online backup.

   • If online backup has been configured on the server, select the Perform online backup check box to perform online backup for the directory server instance. (If this is a proxy server, this check box is not available.) Then, if the change log is configured for this instance and you also want to back up the change log, select the Include change log data in backup check box.
   Note:
   Do not exit the Configuration Tool while the backup operation is running.
4. Select the Do not backup database files check box to exclude the database files from backup. If you select this check box, the database and changelog database files for the directory server instance are not backed up, but directory server instance files such as key stash files, schema, and configuration files, are backed up. (If this is a proxy server, only proxy backup is available.)
5. Click one of the following:
   • Create backup directory as needed if you want the directory to be created if it does not exist.
   • Halt if backup directory is not found if you do not want the directory you specified to be created. If this directory does not exist and you select this option, the database will not be backed up.
6. Click Backup.

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