Configuring Replication Groups

Replication groups are designed to support multi-data center deployments and disaster recovery scenarios. For information about the design and implementation of replication groups in the directory server, see Replication Groups in Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 Architectural Reference.

Note - Changing the replication group configuration has an impact on assured replication. For more information, see Assured Replication in Sun OpenDS Standard Edition 2.0 Architectural Reference.

To Configure A Replication Group

A replication group is configured on each directory server and replication server that should be part of the same group. On directory servers, a replication group is configured per replicated domain. On replication servers, the group is configured for the entire replication server.

Replication groups are configured by giving each replicated domain and replication server the same group ID. This example configures a replication group (1) for the replicated domain dc=example,dc=com.

1. On each directory server that will be part of this group, set the group ID for the domain dc=example,dc=com.

   $ dsconfig -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -n set-replication-domain-prop \
     --provider-name "Multimaster Synchronization" \
     --domain-name "dc=example,dc=com (domain 10233)" --advanced \
     --set group-id:1

2. On each replication server that will be part of this group, set the group ID.

   $ dsconfig -D "cn=directory manager" -w password -n set-replication-server-prop \
     --provider-name "Multimaster Synchronization" --advanced \
     --set group-id:1