Importing and exporting LDIF data

IBM Tivoli Directory Server, Version 6.3

Importing and exporting LDIF data

You can use the Configuration Tool to import data from an LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) file or to export data from the database to an LDIF file. LDIF is used to represent LDAP entries in text form. When importing, you can add entries to an empty directory database or to a database that already contains entries. You can also use the Configuration Tool to validate the data in the LDIF file without adding the data to the directory.

This option is not available if you are configuring a proxy server or if you have not installed the full directory server on the computer.

You can also use the command line to import, export, or validate LDIF data.

To import data from an LDIF file, you can use either the idsldif2db or the idsbulkload utility.
To export data to an LDIF file, use the idsdb2ldif utility.
To validate the data in the LDIF file, use the idsbulkload utility.

See the IBM® Tivoli® Directory Server Version 6.3 Command Reference for information about the idsldif2db, idsdb2ldif, and idsbulkload commands.

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