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DXdumpdb Tool-

Use the DXdumpdb tool to export data from a datastore to an LDIF file.

Note: For a list of the status codes returned by all the DXtools commands, including this command, see Exit Status Codes for the DXtools.

This command has the following format:

dxdumpdb options DSA

• options

  Denotes one or more of the following options:

• -f filename

  Specifies the file to receive the exported data. If this option is not specified, the output goes to standard output or the screen.

• -i

  Specifies to include listed attributes.

• -v

  Runs in verbose mode.This option switches on error and status tracing. For the -v option to work, you must also specify the -f option.

• -x

  Specifies to exclude listed attributes.

  Note: You should not exclude attributes that form part of the DN.

• -z

  Specifies that DXdumpdb dumps from the copy of the datastore that is produced by the console command dump dxgrid-db.

• DSA

  Defines the DSA. DXdumpdb looks in the configuration files of this DSA to find the datastore to export to an LDIF file.

Example: Extract Democorp Data to Screen

The following example prints the LDIF format data from the datastore of the democorp DSA to the screen:

dxdumpdb democorp