Configuring The Read-Write Replicas On The Supplier Servers - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 6.2 - ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Configuring Multi-Master Replication

Configuring the Read-Write Replicas on the Supplier Servers

Perform these steps on each supplier server, Server M1 through Server M4:
Specify the supplier settings for each server.
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b.
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Create the entry corresponding to the supplier bind DN, if it does not already
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exist.
For multi-master replication, it is necessary to create this supplier bind DN on
the supplier servers (as well as the consumers), because they act as both
consumer and supplier to the other supplier servers.
NOTE
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In the Directory Server Console, select the Configuration tab.
In the navigation tree, highlight the Replication node, and on the right
pane, select the Supplier Settings tab.
Check the Enable Changelog checkbox.
This activates all of the fields in the pane below.
Specify a change log by clicking the Use Default button, or click the Browse
button to display a file selector.
Set the change log parameters (number and age).
You must clear the unlimited checkboxes if you want to specify different
values.
Click Save to save the supplier settings.
This is the special entry that the supplier will use to bind. The
entry must not be part of the replicated database.
In the Directory Server Console, select the Directory tab.
Create an entry.
For example you could use
Specify a
userPassword
cn=Replication Manager,cn=config
attribute-value pair.
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