To Generate Indexes

This procedure generates index files so that new or modified indexes can be searchable. If you modify an index configuration for an attribute, all searches that include that attribute as a filter are not indexed. To ensure that searches including that attribute are successful, use this procedure command to regenerate existing indexes every time you create or modify an index configuration for an attribute.

You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.

1. Generate your index files in one of the following ways:

   • Generate your new index files online.

     $ dsconf reindex -h host -p port [-t attr] suffix-DN

     where -t specifies that only the specified attribute or attributes are to be reindexed, not all attributes.

     For example, to regenerate the preferredLanguage index, type:

     $ dsconf reindex -h host -p port -t preferredLanguage dc=example,dc=com

     While the dsconf reindex command is running, the contents of the suffix remain available through the server. However, searches are not indexed until the command has completed. Reindexing is a resource-intensive task that can impact the performance of other operations on the server.

   • Generate your new index files offline.

     $ dsadm reindex -t attr instance-path suffix-DN

     For example, to regenerate the preferredLanguage index, type:

     $ dsadm reindex -t preferredLanguage /local/ds dc=example,dc=com

   • Regenerate all of your indexes quickly offline by reinitializing your suffix.

     When you reinitialize a suffix, all index files are automatically regenerated. Depending on the size of the directory, reinitializing the suffix is usually faster than reindexing two or more attributes. However, the suffix is unavailable during the initialization. For more information, see Reindexing a Suffix by Reinitialization.

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   Note –

   If you run either dsconf import or dsconf reindex or both commands on multiple suffixes in parallel, transaction logs will grow and might negatively affect performance.

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