474 Novell eDirectory 8.8 Administration Guidenovdocx (en) 11 July 2008After a dsbk operation has completed, the results of the operation are written to a file (dsbk.err onNetWare and dsbk.pipe on Linux) that you can programatically open and view the results. The firstfour bytes of this file contain error codes if any are generated during the operation. If there are noerrors, the first four bytes of this file will contain zeros.NOTE: Ensure that you have gone through all the guidelines given by Novell before finalizing onyour backup/restore setup. These guidelines can be found at Backing Up and Restoring NovelleDirectory (http://www.novell.com/documentation/edir88/index.html).16.7.1 Using nlm on NetWareTo use dsbk.nlm:1 Make sure that dsbk.nlm is in the sys:\system directory.Dsbk must be located in the same directory as backupcr.nlm, the core library that contains allbackup and restore functionality. This library has no user interface; it is loaded and linkeddynamically by the dsbk utility.2 At the server console, run the following command with any of the options listed in “Backupand Restore Command Line Options” on page 465:load dsbkNOTE: For detailed information on dsbk command line options, refer to the Section 16.6.5,“Backup and Restore Command Line Options,” on page 465.16.7.2 Using dsbk on Linux/AIX/SolarisThis section discusses the use of the dsbk utility on Linux. An administrator familiar with the usageof this utility on NetWare may find the implementation on Linux confusing.Unlike the NetWare version, the Linux version of dsbk requires a configuration file. Theconfiguration file contains a single line that points to another file to be created and used to passcommands to the dsbk module through the ndstrace utility.Let's look at an example. In /etc/dsbk.conf, we set a value of:/temp/dsbk.commandNOTE: Ensure that the owner of the instance has R/W permissions for the above mentionedcommand file.This file is then used as an intermediary for the dsbk module.The output for the command is written into the eDirectory instance specific log file (Defaultinstance: /var/opt/novell/eDirectory/log/ndsd.log):
