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Creating and Maintaining Database Links
Enter the password used by the database link to bind to the remote server in
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the "Password" field.
Select the "Use a secure LDAP connection between servers" checkbox if you
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want the database link to use SSL to communicate to the remote server.
Enter the name of the remote server in the "Remote server" field. Enter the
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server port number used for the bind in the "Remote server port" field. The
default port number is
Enter the name of a failover server in the "Failover Server(s)" field and specify
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a port number in the "Port" field. The default port number is
add the failover server to the list.
You can specify multiple failover servers. If the primary remote server fails, the
database link contacts the first server in the Failover Servers list. If it fails, it
contacts the next in the list and so on.
Click OK to create the new database link. Click OK to dismiss the success
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dialog box that appears after the database link has been created.
Your new database link appears under the suffix in the left navigation pane.
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Creating a Database Link From the Command Line
Use the
command line.
Your new instance must be located in the
cn=config
Default configuration attributes are contained in the
cn=chaining database,cn=plugins,cn=config
attributes apply to all database links at creation time. Changes to the default
configuration only affect new database links. You cannot change the default
configuration attributes on existing database links.
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The console provides you with a checklist of information that needs
to be present on the remote server for your database link to
successfully bind. To view this checklist, click your new database
link and click the Authentication tab. The checklist appears in the
"Remote server checklist" box.
command-line utility to create a new database link from the
ldapmodify
entry.
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cn=chaining database,cn=plugins,
entry. These configuration
. Click Add to
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cn=default config,
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