Initialize a database suffix in Directory Server 5.2
In a replicated environment, all (initial) data should flow from a single master to all other instances. After preparing the (destination) directory server for replication, the remote instance database needs to be initialized.
An example replication initialization:
dn: cn=replication agreement name:389,cn=replica,cn=suffix,cn=mapping tree,cn=config
changetype: modify
replace: nsds5BeginReplicaRefresh
nsds5BeginReplicaRefresh: start
With our LDIF written as /tmp/reinit.ldif; run the following ldapmodify command:
/usr/bin/ldapmodify -h host -p port -D ‘rootdn‘ -w ‘password‘ -c -f /tmp/reinit.ldif




