Bug 743458

Summary: Add recommendation for how to back up IPA data
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Deon Ballard <dlackey>
Component: doc-Identity_Management_GuideAssignee: Deon Ballard <dlackey>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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Version: 6.2CC: dpal, pkennedy, shaines
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Description Deon Ballard 2011-10-05 00:38:17 UTC 
The most viable solution is to get a machine snapshot. Full detail from the mailing list:

We have discussed the a backup strategies in the past several times.
Replicas a definitely viable. If there is a data corruption there are
ways to deal with it though it is extremely rare situation.

The problem is that saving just database is not enough. There are certs,
keys, config files, NSS database etc. that needs to be backed too. As
IPA is trying to hide all this complexity on one side and is changing as
we develop new functionality on the other we thought that for cases like
yours it might make sense to save a snapshot of the machine image rather
than only backup the content of the LDAP.
Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2012-01-03 17:45:17 UTC 
Development Management has reviewed and declined this request.  You may appeal
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