Backing Up and Restoring Filters

Novell^® BorderManager^® 3.8 features filtering based on NDS^® or Novell eDirectory^TM. All the stored filters are created under the container NBMRuleContainer. The container NBMRuleContainer is created at the same level as the NCP^TM server object of the server where Novell BorderManager 3.8 is installed. To back up or restore IP filters in NDS or eDirectory, you can use any one of the tools that supports the LDAP Import/Export utility.

The following sections discuss how to back up or restore filters using the ConsoleOne^® NDS Import or Export utility.

• Backing Up eDirectory Filters to LDIF
• Restoring Filters to eDirectory from LDIF
• Backing Up eDirectory Filters to Text Files
• Restoring Filters to eDirectory from Text Files

NOTE:  Before using this utility, make sure that you have enabled the Allow Clear Text Passwords option of the LDAP Group object. To do so, in ConsoleOne, select the LDAP Group > right-click the LDAP Group > Properties > enable Allow Clear Text Passwords.