Initializing The Replicas For Cascading Replication - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Specify a change log by clicking the Use Default button, or click the Browse
e.
button to display a file selector.
Set the change log parameters (number and age).
f.
You must clear the unlimited checkboxes if you want to specify different
values.
Click Save to save the supplier settings.
g.
Specify the required replication settings.
2.
In the navigation tree on the Configuration tab, expand the Replication
a.
node and highlight the database to replicate.
The Replica Settings tab is displayed in the right-hand side of the window.
Check the Enable Replica checkbox.
b.
In the Replica Role section, select the Single Master radio button.
c.
In the Common Settings section, specify a Replica ID (an integer between 1
d.
and 254 inclusive).
The replica ID must be unique for a given suffix. Make sure you specify an
ID that is different from the IDs used for read-write replicas on this server
and on other servers.
In the Common Settings section specify a purge delay in the Purge delay
e.
field.
This option indicates how often the state information stored in the
replicated entries is purged.
Click Save to save the replication settings for the database.
f.
Initializing the Replicas for Cascading
Replication
In the case of cascading replication, you should initialize replicas in the following
order:
Use the supplier server to initialize the replica on the hub supplier.
1.
From the hub supplier, initialize the replica on the consumer.
2.
For information on initializing replicas, refer to "Initializing Consumers," on page
307.
Configuring Cascading Replication
Chapter 8 Managing Replication 305