Creating A New Database Link Using The Console - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.01 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

List of failover servers. You can provide a list of alternative servers for the
database link to contact in the event of a failure. This configuration item is optional.
The following sections describe creating a new database link from the Directory
Server Console as well as the command line.

Creating a New Database Link Using the Console

To create a new database link using the Directory Server Console:
On the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab
1.
Right-click Data in the left navigation pane and select New Root Suffix or New
2.
Sub Suffix from the pop-up menu.
A "Create New Suffix" dialog box is displayed.
Enter the name of the suffix on the remote server to which you want to chain in
3.
the "New suffix" field.
The suffix must be named according to dc naming conventions. For example,
you might enter a new suffix name of
Deselect the "Create associated database automatically" checkbox.
4.
You deselect the checkbox because you cannot add a database link to a suffix
that is associated with a database. This suffix is used only by the database link.
Click OK to create the new suffix.
5.
The suffix appears automatically under the Data branch in the left navigation
pane.
In the left pane, right-click the suffix you just created and select "New
6.
Database Link" from the pop-up menu.
The Create New Database Link dialog box is displayed.
Enter the name of the new database link in the "Database link name" field.
7.
Use only ASCII (7-bit) characters for naming the database link. This value
cannot contain commas, tabs, an equals sign (=), asterisk (*), backslash (\),
forward slash (/), plus sign (+), quote ('), double quote ("), or a question mark
(?). For example, you might name the new database link
Enter the DN used by the database link to bind to the remote server in the
8.
"Bind DN" field.
For example, you might enter
Creating and Maintaining Database Links
dc=example,dc=com
in the "Bind DN" field.
cn=dblink
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