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Creating Indexes
The Create Browsing Index dialog box appears displaying the status of the
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index creation. You can click on the Status Logs box to view the status of the
indexes created.
Click Close to close the Create Browsing Index dialog box.
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The new index is immediately active for any new data that you add to your
directory. You do not have to restart your server.
Creating Browsing Indexes from the Command
Line
Creating a browsing index, or virtual list view (VLV) index from the command line
involves two steps:
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Using the
browsing index entries.
•
Running the
maintained by the server.
The following sections describe the steps involved in creating browsing indexes.
Adding a Browsing Index Entry
The type of browsing index entry we want to create depends on the type of
ldapsearch
following items into account:
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The scope of the search (base, one, sub). For more information on the
ldapsearch -s
the Netscape Directory Server Configuration, Command, and File Reference.
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The base of the search (the entry you want to use as a starting point for the
search). For more information on the
to specify the base of searches, see the Netscape Directory Server Configuration,
Command, and File Reference.
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The attributes you want to sort,
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The filter of the search. For more information on specifying filters for searches
see Appendix B, "Finding Directory Entries".
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The ldbm database to which the entry, that forms the base of the search,
belongs.
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to add new browsing index entries or edit existing
ldapmodify
script to generate the new set of browsing indexes to be
vlvindex
attribute sorting we want to accelerate. It is important to take the
option which allows you to specify the scope of searches, see
option which allows you
ldapsearch -b
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