Deleting Indexes From The Server Console - Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 7.1 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Deleting Indexes
NOTE
As the procedure for deleting browsing indexes is different, it is covered in a
separate section. This section contains the following procedures:
•

Deleting Indexes from the Server Console

• Deleting Indexes from the Command-Line
• Deleting Browsing and VLV Indexes from the Server Console
• Deleting Browsing and VLV Indexes from the Command-Line
CAUTION You must not delete system indexes because deleting them can
Deleting Indexes from the Server Console
Using the Directory Server Console you can delete indexes you have created,
indexes used by other server applications such as a messaging or web server, and
default indexes. You cannot delete system indexes.
To delete indexes using the Directory Server Console:
In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
1.
Expand the Data node and expand the suffix associated with the database
2.
containing the index. Select the database from which you want to delete the
index.
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Because this version of Directory Server can operate in either a
single or multi-database environment, you have to delete any
unwanted indexes from every database instance. Any default
indexes you delete will not be deleted from previous sets of indexes
on existing database instances.
significantly affect Directory Server performance. System indexes
are located in the
cn=index,cn=instance,cn=ldbm
database,cn=plugins,cn=config
indexes,cn=config,cn=ldbm database,cn=plugins,cn=config
entry.
Take care when deleting default indexes since this can also affect
how Directory Server works.
For further information on system and default indexes, see the Red
Hat Directory Server Deployment Guide.
entry and the
cn=default