CONFIGURING


Using directory assistance to control which replicas of a Domino Directory server can be used

A Configuration Directory is a small, selective replica of a domain Domino® Directory that contains only Domino configuration information. A server with a Configuration Directory looks up information related to directory services, such as information in user and group documents, in a full replica of the domain primary Domino Directory on a remote server.

About this task

You can create a Directory Assistance document for the primary Domino Directory in a directory assistance database used by servers that have Configuration Directories. Do this to specify which replicas of a remote primary Domino Directory the servers potentially can use. This step is not required -- if you do not use directory assistance, a server with a Configuration Directory uses a default, built-in logic, to find a remote replica of a primary Domino Directory to use.

If you set up directory assistance to control which remote replicas of the primary Domino Directory servers can be used, select the following key options in the Directory Assistance document.

On the Basics tab:


On the Replicas tab, make sure to configure failover for the directory.

Related concepts
Using a central directory architecture in a Domino domain
Setting up directory assistance

Related tasks
Directory assistance and failover for a Domino Directory or Extended Directory Catalog
Managing Domino Directories in a central directory architecture