Adding The Distribution Function To Your Directory - Netscape DIRECTORY SERVER 7.0 - PLUG-IN Manual

Adding the Distribution Function to Your Directory

You can create the root entry in two ways:
• Import the same LDIF file into each database using the
command-line utility.
This LDIF file should contain the root entry as well as data that you want to
distribute across the databases. Only the data determined by the distribution
function to be appropriate for each database will be imported.
• Create an LDIF file that contains the root entry. You can do this by exporting
the root entry (for example,
ldapsearch
Then, import the LDIF file into each database using the
command-line utility. If you have three databases for a single suffix, you need
to import the suffix entry three times.
When a subtree search is performed above a suffix that is distributed among
several databases, the search will be performed on all databases. This means that
the shared suffix entry that you create on each database (in the example,
o=example.com
Adding the Distribution Function to Your
Directory
To declare the distribution function to your directory, you need to add multiple
databases to a single suffix and then declare the distribution function in the suffix.
These procedures assume you have already created a suffix and associated it with
a single database. For the procedure on creating a new suffix and database, refer
to chapter 2, "Creating Directory Entries," in the Netscape Directory Server
Administrator's Guide.
NOTE
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o=example.com
command-line utility.
) can be returned multiple times.
You need to add all of the databases required for your distribution
algorithm before you deploy entry distribution. You cannot add
more databases later without changing the algorithm.
Whenever you install new distribution functions, be sure to restart
the Directory Server. Otherwise, the new libraries will not get
loaded properly.
ldif2db
) in LDIF format using the
ldif2db