Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.1 Command Reference Manual page 129

Parameter
Valid Values
Default Value
Syntax
Example
nsDatabaseTypes
This attribute gives the kind of database being archived. Setting the database types signals what kind
of backup plug-in the Directory Server should use to archive the database.
Parameter
Entry DN
Valid Values
Default Value
Syntax
Example
2.3.15.6. cn=index
Directory attributes can be indexed though the command line by creating a special task entry which
defines the parameters of the task and initiates the task. As soon as the task is complete, the task
entry is removed from the directory.
The cn=index entry is a container entry for index task operations. The cn=index entry itself has no
attributes, but each of the task entries within this entry, such as cn=task_ID, cn=index, cn=tasks,
cn=config, uses the following attributes to define the backup task.
An index task entry under cn=index can create a standard index by identifying the attribute to be
indexed and the type of index to create, both defined in the
Alternatively, the index task can be used to generate virtual list view (VLV) indexes for an attribute
nsIndexVLVAttribute
using the
For example:
dn: cn=example presence index, cn=index, cn=tasks, cn=config
objectclass: extensibleObject
cn: example presence index
nsIndexAttribute: "cn:pres"
dn: cn=example VLV index, cn=index, cn=tasks, cn=config
objectclass: extensibleObject
cn: example VLV index
nsIndexVLVAttribute: "by MCC ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"
As the index operation runs, the task entry will contain all of the server-generated task attributes listed
Section 2.3.15.1, "Task Invocation Attributes for Entries under
in
Description
Any local directory location
Case-exact string
nsArchiveDir: /export/backups
Description
cn=task_name, cn=restore, cn=tasks, cn=config
ldbm database
ldbm database
Case-exact string
nsDatabaseType: ldbm database
attribute. This is the same as running the vlvindex script.
nsIndexAttribute
attribute.
cn=tasks".
cn=tasks
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