Preface

The DirX Directory Administration Guide describes basic DirX Directory administration tasks and how to perform them with the DirX Directory administration tools. The book is structured as follows:

  • Chapter 1 provides information about DBAM and storage management.

  • Chapter 2 introduces the functions of the DirX Directory administration tools.

  • Chapter 3 provides a simple example of how to set up the DirX Directory service and populate the database with directory information.

  • Chapter 4 describes the fundamental administrative tasks involved in setting up the DirX Directory service and populating the directory information tree (DIT).

  • Chapter 5 describes extensions that can be made to the DirX Directory service.

  • Chapter 6 describes how to set up a shadow DirX Directory service.

  • Chapter 7 describes how to distribute a DIT between DSAs.

  • Chapter 8 describes how to set up a directory service based only on shadowing in which pieces of a DIT held by two different DSAs are replicated to each DSA.

  • Chapter 9 describes how to set up a mix of synchronous and asynchronous shadow DirX Directory services.

  • Chapter 10 describes how to set up and manage a floating master-shadow configuration that distributes DAP processing requests from LDAP servers across the shadow DSAs in the configuration to provide for better DAP load balancing.

  • Chapter 11 describes how to configure the DSA to export and import directory data to and from LDIF files.

  • Chapter 12 describes the DirX Directory administration tools that enable you to monitor a DSA’s performance, set up audit trails, and perform program tracebacks.

  • Chapter 13 describes how to use external authentication mechanisms.

  • Chapter 14 provides additional information about miscellaneous issues.