CONFIGURING


Setting up a condensed directory catalog

There are four parts to setting up a condensed directory catalog.

Part 1: Verify that each Domino Directory has a defined domain

Each Domino® Directory aggregated in a directory catalog should have a domain defined in its Directory Profile. The domain name is used to distinguish between identically named groups from different directories.

Do the following for each Domino Directory you will aggregate into the directory catalog:

1. Open a Domino Directory.

2. Choose Actions -> Edit Directory Profile.

3. Make sure the field Domain defined by this Domino Directory contains a valid domain name. This field is usually filled in automatically.

4. Click Save & Close.

Part 2: Create the condensed directory catalog database

1. Choose File -> Application -> New.

2. For Server field, select the Dircat server you picked to aggregate the directory catalog.

3. In the Title field, enter a title for the directory catalog, for example Condensed Directory Catalog.

4. In the Filename field, enter a file name for the catalog, for example CDC.NSF.

5. Select Create full text index for searching.

6. Click Show advanced templates.

7. For Template server, select a server that stores the Directory Catalog template, and then click OK.

8. Select the Directory Catalog template (DIRCAT5.NTF).


9. Click OK.
Part 3: Create the directory catalog configuration document and run the Dircat task

Only one configuration document is needed for each directory catalog you create. Therefore, when you open the Configuration view, the configuration document is displayed.

1. In the database you created, open the Configuration view.

2. Complete the following fields in the Directory Catalog Configuration document:


3. Click Save and Close.

4. Click File -> Application -> Properties. Choose how you want entries sorted.


5. Run the Dircat to build the condensed directory catalog.

Part 4: Set up clients to use the condensed directory catalog

Use Desktop policy settings to automate setup of a condensed directory catalog on Notes clients. The automated setup creates a replica stub (an empty replica) of the directory catalog on the clients, with a replication schedule enabled to a replica of the directory catalog on a server that you specify. When the client replicates with a replica of the directory catalog on a server, a full-text index is created on the client replica after replication is complete. The automated setup process also adds the file name of the condensed directory catalog to the Local address books field in user preferences for mail, after the file name of the Personal Address Book.

If you do not automate the directory catalog setup, you must create the replica and add the file name to clients manually.

Note: User Setup Profiles used in Domino Release 5 for automated directory catalog setup continue to work in Domino 8 or later.

To automate setup of a condensed directory catalog on clients:

1. (Optional) Create a replica of the condensed directory catalog on other servers. Then users have more choice of servers to use when they replicate to update their local replicas of the directory catalog. Domino creates a full-text index automatically on the replicas you create.

2. If you haven't already done so, create a Desktop policy settings document. to use to automate setup of the directory catalog. Make sure you understand how to set up policies before you create a Desktop policy settings document.

3. From the Domino Administrator, click the Files tab, and open a replica of the directory catalog.

4. Choose Edit -> Copy As Link -> Application Link, then close the directory catalog.

5. Open the Desktop policy settings document you want to use to automate setup of the condensed directory catalog on clients.

6. Click the Databases tab, and paste the directory catalog database link into the Mobile directory catalogs field.

7. Click Save & Close.

Note: Notes users should do pull replications regularly with up-to-date replicas of the directory catalog on servers.

Related concepts
Monitoring directory catalogs
Understanding the desktop policy settings document
Overview of setting up a condensed directory catalog
Planning to set up directory catalogs
Directory catalogs

Related tasks
Choosing which fields to aggregate in a directory catalog
Deciding how to sort entries in a condensed directory catalog
Removing duplicate user entries from a directory catalog
Choosing the types of groups to aggregate in a directory catalog
Planning issues specific to condensed directory catalogs
Supporting Soundex searches of a condensed directory catalog
Picking the server(s) to run the Dircat task
Using a selection formula in a directory catalog configuration document
The Dircat task
Setting the view sort order
Benefits of condensed directory catalogs on clients

Related reference
Specifying the Domino Directories for the Dircat task to aggregate