442 Novell eDirectory 8.8 Administration Guidenovdocx (en) 11 July 200816.4 Preparing for a RestoreThe most important part of restoring the eDirectory database is making sure it is complete. Beforerestoring an eDirectory database to a server, ensure the prerequisites have been met as described in“Prerequisites for Restoring” on page 442. If you are not sure how to gather the right backup files,see “Locating the Right Backup Files for a Restore” on page 443.16.4.1 Prerequisites for Restoring All servers that share a replica with the server to be restored are up and communicating. Thisallows the restore verification process to check with servers that participate in the same replicaring. You have gathered all the backup files you need: The full backup and subsequent incremental backup files are copied to one directory onthe server to be restored. All roll-forward logs since the last backup are in one directory on the server to be restored.If this server participates in a replica ring, you must make sure all the roll-forward logscreated since the last backup are in one directory on the server, with the same filenamesthey had when they were created.See “Locating the Right Backup Files for a Restore” on page 443.NOTE: If you do not have backup files for the server, use XBrowse to query eDirectory to helpyou recover server information. You must do this before you remove the Server object or anyassociated objects from the tree. XBrowse and additional information is available from theNovell Support Web site, Solution 2960653 (http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2960653). You have installed eDirectory, in a new temporary tree.You bring up the server in a new tree at first because you will create the server with the samename it had before the failure, and you don't want to cause confusion in the original tree byputting the newly installed server in the tree before the restore has re-created the server'scomplete identity. Completing the restore process for the database will put the server back intoits original tree. (Conditional) If you are using roll-forward logging on this server, plan to re-create yourconfiguration for roll-forward logging after the restore, to make sure it is turned on and the logsare being saved in a fault-tolerant location. After turning on the roll-forward logs, you mustalso do a new full backup.The restore process turns off roll-forward logging and resets the configuration for roll-forwardlogging back to the default.The new full backup is necessary so that you are prepared for any failures that might occurbefore the next unattended full backup is scheduled to take place. (Conditional) If any applications or objects need to find this server by its IP address, use thesame IP address for the restored server. (NetWare only) Make sure the name of the server you are restoring to is the same as the nameof the failed server. If the names are not the same, you might encounter errors, such as Volumeobjects not being correct after the restore.
